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January 9, 2015

Obama Announces Plan for 2 Years of Free Community College 
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President Obama has announced a new proposal to make community college
free for two years to students who maintain a certain grade-point
average. Under the plan, the federal government would pay 75 percent of
tuition, while states would need to pay the remaining 25 percent. In a
video ahead of today's formal announcement, Obama said the plan was part
of a preview of policies outlined in his upcoming State of the Union
address.

President Obama: "Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first
two years of community college free for everybody who's willing to work
for it. That's right, free for everybody who's willing to work for it.
It's something that we can accomplish, and it's something that will
train our workforce so that we can compete with anybody in the world."

 

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