27  No Such Thing as a Free Lunch—or Free Tuition

 

Sources

Could New York’s Free College Tuition Plan Spread Across the U.S.? (CBS News)

New York Takes a Stab at Debt-Free College, Covering Tuition for Families Earning Less Than $125,000 (Washington Post)

Why New York’s “Tuition-Free” Colleges Will Still Cost $14,000 (CNN Money)

Private Colleges Suggest New York’s Free Tuition Plan Limits Choices (New York Times)

State Universities Become Prime Targets for Budget Cuts (Wall Street Journal)

 

Further Reading

In the Heart of the Big Apple, a College’s President and Students Laud Free Tuition Proposal (Hechinger Report)

SF Reaches Deal for Free Tuition at City College (SFGate)

A Promising Proposal for Free Tuition (New York Times)

Of Course, Low-Income Students Win With Free Tuition (Washington Post)

There Is Actually Nothing for Low-Income Students in Cuomo’s Free-College Plan (Washington Post)

Two Tuition-Free Years (Inside Higher Ed)

The University of California Looks to Raise Tuition (Los Angeles Times)

New Free Tuition Plan Spurs Another Shift for Tennessee Colleges (The Tennessean)

Investing in Higher Education: Princeton’s Eisgruber (CNBC)

America’s Great Working-Class Colleges (New York Times)

The Contribution of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Upward Mobility (Brookings)

Helping Low-Income Students Attend Top Colleges (New York Times)