What Americans think about who deserves tuition-free college
Tuition-free college has gotten a lot of momentum of late.
Front-runners in the Democratic presidential field – including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden – have all come out in support of federally funded tuition-free college.
And it isn’t just Democrats. Nineteen states have passed tuition-free college policies, including Republican strongholds Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky. So have nearly 300 cities or counties.
But there is still debate about who should be eligible. Should there be an income cap, for instance, so that only poor or middle-income families are eligible? Should there be a minimum high school GPA requirement?
In my recently published survey, I found that Americans view tuition-free college more positively when it’s open to everyone – compared to when ...