In our American society it is the president's job to devise plans that benefit our society as a whole. He might be suggesting that he has this plan to solve global warming or maybe he's worried about what a certain policy should look like. Like past presidents, President Obama also has concerns and changes he would like to implement. Community colleges offer a wide range of degrees for cutting-edge technical careers in today's industries that help create opportunities to reach higher economic classes. President Obama hopes to enact a policy that makes community college free for productive members of our American society. This is an issue that deserves careful consideration from both sides of the issue. America's community colleges can be the beginning of new opportunities for students to attend to advance their education beyond a high school diploma. A high school education is not enough to succeed in the middle class economy as was the case in the past. Thus, by making two-year community colleges free, they would become a more widely available resource for anyone looking to advance their careers. According to the editors of Scientific American, community colleges are pillars of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. They train technicians for jobs in cutting-edge industries and award associate degrees that allow students to complete the last half of their education. higher education at a four-year institution" ( 3 ). These types of programs that are able to provide citizens with free community college would need funding to operate: an example of where funding could be found is in a state lottery, we can see moving in the state of Tennessee in a... .... middle of paper ...... with an average of 2.5 students and economically diverse students in the same classroom there is no limit to the enrichment of the academic environment as a whole. It's our job as citizens to put our intellectual weight on what we're interested in and what we're not interested in, so to look critically at all the angles that are available to us a broad topic because it will have a large effect on national communities. While no plan is free from opposition and outside ideas that make community colleges free will help the nations students get the education they deserve. With better informed communities, we will then be able to employ new workers in technical careers to the benefit of the worker and employers. Being able to take steps toward higher education without the burden of finances is a great opportunity and should not be casually ignored.