The state of New Mexico recently canceled its plan to offer free college classes to all state residents. The proposal, which was originally introduced in September 2019 by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham(D), would have made college tuition-free for 55,000 students in the state.
Former Vice President Joe Biden stumbled on his free college agenda, understating it’s total cost, during an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes, which prompted a clarification from Biden’s staff saying he “misspoke.”
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) has announced a $145 million plan to offer free community college to low and middle-income students. The offer will only be available to students that are willing to pursue high-demand jobs.
The University of Connecticut unanimously approved a 23.3 percent increase in tuition for in-state students over the next five years.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s (D) veiled critique of her “free” college proposal, defending her plan as “an investment in an entire generation of young people.”
New Mexico announced Wednesday it would make college tuition-free for all state residents at its two- and four-year colleges.
A new poll published at school reform journal Education Next states a free ride at a public four-year college is a popular concept in the country, with 60 percent of Americans supporting the idea.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed billionaire Jeff Bezos for paying his employees at Amazon what she called “starvation wages.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Saturday the U.S. should stop “endless wars,” cut military spending, and “move toward a global community.”
Leftist comedian Bill Maher condemned free college proposals during his show last week.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to give illegal aliens brought to the U.S. as children under DACA free tuition at the state’s public colleges.
The president, who appeared with both current U.S. Secretary of Education John King and the former secretary, Arne Duncan, told students, “We live in a global economy,” and that they will be competing for jobs with people not only from the United States, but also from “India and China.”
WikiLeaks emails revealing remarks from a paid speech Hillary Clinton gave in July of 2014 show the now-Democrat presidential nominee referring to the Common Core standards as simply a “political failure” by a “bipartisan group of governors” who neglected to have a plan for “explaining it and selling it to people.”
“I would love to see the Clinton administration come and make college free for students coming from families earning less than $125,000,” Cal Professor Nicholas Dirks says. “But I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
MSNBC host Chris Matthews pressed former Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton (D), who is supporting Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on how Sanders will pay for his free college tuition program, which prompted Lawton to say that she
On Wednesday, a public hearing at the State Capitol considered a proposal for free education for all community college students–a main component of “Democratic Socialist” presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)’s campaign.
