During the Democratic primaries, Hillary Clinton proposed the idea of debt-free college to counter a popular refrain from Bernie Sanders that public colleges become tuition-free. Since she claimed the nomination, Clinton has been moving closer to some of Sanders’ proposals from their primary fight in an effort to reach his voters. One of those ideas includes free college, with some tweaks on the Sanders plan (namely, an income cutoff of $125,000). College affordability looms large on the campaign trail, with young voters and their parents increasingly frustrated with runaway tuition prices at a time when family incomes are essentially flat. The idea of free college is appealing for the simplicity and universality of the message in a day and age when economic success depends on education after high school. The free tuition plan was among the litany of ideas Clinton mentioned in her acceptance speech in Philadelphia.

July 30, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post