Obama to Unveil Proposal For Tuition-Free Community College
President Obama on Friday will propose making community college tuition-free for responsible students, launching what officials described as an ambitious plan for the federal and state governments to widen access to higher education.
Under a program dubbed Americas College Promise, administration officials said, an estimated 9 million students a year nationwide could benefit. The average tuition savings for a full-time student at a public two-year college was estimated to be $3,800 a year.
Obamas goal, said Cecilia Muñoz, the White Houses domestic policy director, is to make two years of college the norm the way high school is the norm.
Muñoz and Ted Mitchell, undersecretary of education, discussed the plan Thursday evening in a conference call with reporters, saying it would be included in Obamas State of the Union address and his budget.
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