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- "Free" is a word with a powerful appeal. And right now it's being tossed around a lot, followed by another word: "college."
A new nonprofit, Redeeming America's Promise, announced this week that it will seek federal support to make public colleges tuition-free. That effort is inspired by "Hope" and "Promise" programs like the one in Kalamazoo, Mich., which pays up to 100 percent of college tuition at state colleges and universities for graduates of the city's public high schools.
swedishbadgergirl · 3597 days ago · link ·
It is certainly possible, many countries manage it, among those mine. But my country also has much higher taxes. I think that that tradeoff is worth it both for the individual and society, but that as more to do with my political beliefs than anything else.