Part 1: The federal government should give money directly to states so they can refund their colleges and universities. Part 2: The states need to quit their budget-slashing ways, and likely increase their funding for higher ed, much the same way that they cover a minimum amount of Medicaid spending. Part 3: In order to qualify for the new wad of federal cash, colleges will need to keep their prices down. This, more or less, was the basic outline of President Obama’s plan for free community college, which he unveiled right before the State of the Union. It’s also the core of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ plan to eliminate tuition at all public colleges. And now, it’s the centerpiece of Hillary Clinton’s big new proposal to to bring down the cost of higher education, which she unveiled Monday.

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by Jordan Weissmann, Slate.

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