College of the Redwoods Participates in Program That Will Cover Tuition for Students Who Do 450 Hours of Community Service
[Photo from College of the Redwoods’ website]
College of the Redwoods is one of 45 California colleges and universities that will participate in the Californians For All College Corps program, a new state-funded tuition reduction program. The program will cover $10,000 of tuition costs for students who do 450 hours of community service, beginning in the fall 2022 semester.
CR will be partnering with Humboldt State University on recruitment of eligible students. Together, the two institutions are hoping to place 100 students, 80 from HSU and 20 from CR who will be placed with local non-profits working in critical areas such as climate action, K-12 education and food security for one school year.
Students must be full-time and qualify for in-state tuition and will receive a $7,000 stipend during the year and a $3,000 education award once they have completed 450 service hours in the academic year.
Montel Vanderhorck, who is coordinating the initiative for College of the Redwoods, sees this as a win-win for CR, the local community and students, saying, “the Californians For All College Fellowship will benefit our community through meaningful service-based learning opportunities that build leadership skills and civic responsibility while also helping students from diverse backgrounds graduate college on-time and with less debt.”
Participating schools include seven of the 10 University of California campuses, 16 of the 23 California State University schools as well as a range of community colleges and private institutions.
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So, while it’s worth $22.22 an hour, that’s 9, 50 hr weeks to work during your full time year. Why bother when you can just have Daddy make a million $ donation to Harvard?
That’s over $22.00 per hour. There’s no way any college student, most of whom have virtually no work skills or experience should be awarded that kind of money for “Community Service.” Community service by any definition I’ve ever seen is voluntary, not bribed by some ridiculously high financial reward. This is a clear example of why we live in such an entitlement crazed society. What ever happened to hard work and diligent study to actually earn your own way? Any scholarship should be based upon something more than the offer of paying way more money than any job available to unskilled workers. This is another give away from our liberal leadership. Most nonprofit employees receive minimum wage or slightly higher. How is it that students, who don’t have a clue about what happens at the nonprofit are being paid far more than the diligent, full time, dedicated, hardworking employees, some of whom are supporting families? This is quite a slap in the face to every employee who doesn’t get over $22.00 per hour. Maybe, out of respect to the nonprofit, the hours should be doubled so as to at least appear to be real community service.
Wait…most scholarships I received over the years were free, no strings attached. I applied and because I fit whatever criteria the scholarship was based on—usually on a skill in particular field as shown by good grades but also on financial need—the money was awarded to me. It was mine to do with what I wanted. I didn’t have to do anything at all. The largest amount of work was trying to write a thank you note that expressed how appreciative I was and maybe showing up at a dinner if it was a private organization.
But you object to this one being based on not a particular skill but on a willingness to work? That seems like the opposite of what you say you approve of.
Instead of just handing people money like most scholarships, the students will have to work for most of what they get AND a non profit will get the benefit of their hours AND the students will learn valuable skills. I think its an awesome idea and I’ll bet it turns out to be a win for the non profits, a win for the students, and a win for a school that supports students learning work skills which will make them better employees. And the (the what in my experience has been) overworked non-profit employees will get some help.
I am for working. I am not for free handouts. I am, however, not for paying students who are learning more than those already working full time and teaching the students. I am not for calling anything with pay community service. Criminals are given community service hours. Are they paid? Generally they are fined and forced to work for free. This whole thing is a give away, not a job. Even student teachers, almost through college are volunteers in the classroom, not paid. This is nothing more than a liberal idea to give away money packaged in pretty verbiage. To me it smells like a skunk.
So no scholarships at all then? I’ll guess that’s a basic difference between us that I don’t see how to overcome. I am so grateful for the scholarship help I got. I might have made it through school without them but, they were sure helpful.
You can attend CR for a lot of years for $10,000. The tuition is almost nothing. The label of tuition reduction for CR is a flat out lie. I refuse to include living expenses in the category of tuition because it is not. Even just tuition at HSU is pretty low.so please make sure people understand the truth. It is actually living expenses that are being reduced overall. I’m definitely not for free housing.
The press release says tuition which is generally not considered housing. My assumption is that this covers up to $10,000 of tuition. In-state tuition at HSU is 7,858 USD per year, Out-of-state tuition 19,738 USD. BUT even if this does cover housing…that’s great in my mind. Not everyone can afford school and housing.
They can pay the fine or do community service. You smell like someone who goes through life worrying about people getting something they are not getting and whining about it. even if you don’t see it many jobs are subsidized through one government program or another.
That’s one way to look at it. There’s also a flip side.
I graduated from college only because I had the loans and grants, (and worked a job or two on the side) towards getting myself through. I was poor and the first to graduate from college in my family.
With my degree, I worked fulltime for 26 years afterwards. Looking back, it was a good investment not only for myself but for the overall college system. Why? Because over that time I paid far, far more back in taxes than what I ever received in tuition benefits.
I think this is how the process should work. if more kids have the opportunity to go to school, graduate, and then become productive in the workplace– paying more in taxes as a consequence– it’s a good thing and it floats all boats.
Well said.
Yeah. And think about how much tuition has skyrocketed. I looked up how much tuition was when I went (back to school round 30). The year I graduated (1990) basic tuition was 1700.00 a year, this year it’s 11,858.00. Oregon State.
That doesn’t count books, etc. and just living expenses. Rent in the late 80s was a farkton less than it is now.
I have told my grandkids that they don’t have to go straight to college after high school because of the expense and they might not be ready. Work, travel or whatever until and if they are ready.
I like this idea of trading community service for tuition.
The I graduated from high school (1964) tuition at UC was ZERO.
Doubled? Think it through, Alf, think it through…
450 hrs is 11 1/4 weeks, and you think it should be 22 1/2 weeks?
That’s almost 6 months.
When will they actually attend school?
I guess appropriate pay for the quantity of work performed is a tough concept to grasp. I’ve never yet met a college student who was even worth minimum wage of today’s $15.00 per hour. Most have zero skills and even less motivation.
I worked my way through college. Most of my peers also worked. Believe it or not, it is possible to both have a job and be a student.
Alf, If you aren’t making that wage perhaps you should go back to school? Do you understand what an incentive is? Clearly we need a better educated populace.
It is a false equivalence to compare this to a job. They can’t simply use this money for anything, it is for tuition. This is a good investment by the state in our young people’s future. We are much better off investing in education than building prisons. Why would anyone consider someone getting $22/hour for 450 hours of work so they could go to school a handout? One of the most important thiungs the government can invest in is education. Almost all other developed countries understand this and offer free tuition. In the US, we have made education unattainable for a large percentage of the population and we must import intellectual knowledge from other countries to meet our demands. We were once the technological leaders of the world, but are rapidly losing this race. We are not entitlement crazed, we are crazed by the idea that capitalistic markets are the answer to everything. It is this idea and the position that education does not have value which is destroying this country. I have to ask what you have against education, people trying to better themselves, or the obvious interest the government has regarding having an educated population?
Sounds like a good idea, but this phrase gave me pause: “recruitment of eligible students.” No details were given of how interested students would apply (if they actually can apply), the process and academic/income criteria by which they would be evaluated, who would be doing the selecting, or how the student’s satisfactory performance in their community service would be determined. To be convincing, this proposal needs more details. If they exist, then they need to be communicated. I would feel more comfortable with this proposal if it were on the basis of open application and had specific selection criteria.
Too much money offered.
Two inferior institutions offering too inferior”education”.
Money chasing crud.
So Humboldt.
Going to school full time can be a full time job in itself. What is wrong with helping someone get a education and a job at the same time? It’s not a freebie! It’s called Let’s really make America Great Again! We need more programs like this! Investing in our own community, is a great idea! Better than sending kids to War.
Community college OUGHT TO BE TUITION FREE
Excellent idea.
Beats working at Micky D’s forever trying to save the money up.
College should be free to anyone who can get in. The society benefits.