by KYW's Dr. Marciene Mattleman

High school seniors who have been accepted to college know that schools of their choice for the most part have high tuition. Kids who have little support either from their schools or families may have given up on the idea of enrolling.

However, that shouldn’t be the case.  Community colleges are still open to freshmen and the New York Times recent education supplement lists some well known schools that are tuition free. Curtis Institute and College of the Ozarks are among them.

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan’s East Village educates approximately 1,000 students in architecture and engineering, providing free tuition and housing as well.

Cooper, an industrialist, made the commitment that college should be as free as “water and air.”

Berea, founded by abolitionists in 1855, with its $1.1 billion endowment (more than Dartmouth and Duke) provides tuition for those from a family of four that makes no more than $52,000 annually.

Those who still hope to enter in the fall, check out the article on free colleges.