Free community college? Study the details
T. Jameson Brewer (noreply@blogger.com)
Cross Posted from the Salt Lake Tribune On Jan. 9, President Obama outlined a plan to make "community colleges free for responsible students across America." Inspired by new policies underway in Tennessee and Chicago, the White House proposal calls for the federal government to pay three quarters of students' tuition and would require states to kick in the remaining quarter. In return, states are expected to continue investments in higher education and adopt performance-based funding policies, a