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Want college to be affordable? Start with Pell Grants

  • Written by Donald E. Heller, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of San Francisco

In her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton talked about free college and student debt relief.

Convention speeches are not normally known for providing details of policy proposals, and keeping with tradition, Clinton offered few details of her own. Now that we are past the conventions and into the campaign,...

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