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What happens when community college is made free

  • Written by Bruce Sacerdote, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
Free community college proposals are gaining attention. But do they work? And if so, for whom?MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images

Policymakers and presidential hopefuls are having a spirited debate over whether the U.S. should offer free community college, free public college in general or additional college subsidies...

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