By Jack Stripling
With a proposal that would send millions of students to community colleges free, President Obama joins a line of national leaders who have asked taxpayers to foot other people’s tuition bills for the greater public good.
Image: Carolyn Kaster, AP Images - President Obama outlined his proposal during a visit to Pellissippi State Community College, in Tennessee, on Friday. Like the GI Bill and the Pell Grant program, the idea marks a new milestone in the national debate over whether a college education is a private benefit or a public good.
