Free College, Strings Attached
Two years ago, New York implemented a program promising free tuition. But policies that don’t offer support to part-time students only deepen inequality in higher education.
Spring 2025
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Making College Free Could Add a Million New Black and Latino Graduates
Bernie Sanders’s plan for higher education would go a long way toward improving graduation rates, raising incomes, and lowering unemployment among millennials—African Americans and Latinos most of all.
Why Free College Is Necessary
Higher education can’t solve inequality, but the debate about free college tuition does something extremely valuable. It reintroduces the concept of public good to education discourse.
Generation Debt
Education is a human right. Anyone willing and able should be able to attend an institution of higher education irrespective of their ability to pay for it.
The Case Against Free College
Without an overhaul of how we understand student benefits, making college free would boost the wealth of college attendees without any egalitarian gains.
