Why tuition-free college keeps getting attention

Glantz, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and president of the Council of UC Faculty Association, said such a move would have been unthinkable just two years ago. “The politics and the public awareness around this issue have dramatically shifted since last year,” Glantz said. Before that, he said, “You couldn’t even get politicians to talk about it.” But he called the New York plan “too complicated. It would just be a lot simpler to get rid of tuition,” he said. Some critics say even that is not enough. The problem, they say, is there are a few other costs when it comes to college.

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by Mark Muckenfuss, The Press-Enterprise.

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