Another day, another college affordability plan! With the 2020 race for the White House heating up, college tuition is being tackled as a major policy issue among the candidates. The proposals include a range of policy initiatives from free two-year community college to universal free tuition to cancellation of existing student debt. The Buzz hosts are here to break down the plans and discuss the implications of these policies on the current business model of higher ed.
QUICK TAKES:
- Kansas apologizes for ‘acrobatic dancers’ in Snoop Dogg’s performance
- Kent State apologizes, investigates women’s field hockey game canceled for football pre-game fireworks
- Ruling Out Grad Unions
- Graduate Students, After Gains in Union Efforts, Face a Federal Setback
- Would you give up Google for $17,000 a year? The Federal Reserve wants to know
FEATURED LINKS:
- Student Loan News: Trump Wants Sweeping Student Debt Changes
- Biden higher education plan includes two years of free community college
- Elizabeth Warren on Free College and Canceling Student Debt
- Bernie Sanders’s free college proposal just got a whole lot bigger
- Tuition-free college is now a reality in nearly 20 states
- California joins a handful of other states that provide community college tuition-free
- Study Minimizes Impact of Free Community College
- How wiping out $1.5 trillion in student debt would boost the economy
