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Jun 26 2019
News
Free College
On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) unveiled a plan to forgive all student debt and make public colleges tuition-free. Senate.gov
Sanders’s plan is more sweeping than that offered in April by Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), which limits loan forgiveness based on income. Medium
The Flip Side
Apr 24 2019
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Free College
On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a plan to forgive student loan debt and make public colleges free, paid for by a wealth tax. (Medium)
The left generally believes this is a strong start to trying to address the student loan debt problem, while some are critical of the plan's scale.
“Americans have long agreed that 12 years of
The Flip Side
May 16 2019
News
Is ‘free college’ really free?
To make college more accessible, states are jumping in with ‘free college’ plans, but the concept is still evolving – generating debates about who benefits, who should pay for it, and what strings should be attached.
Tufayel Ahmed is leading an ordinary college life with an extraordinary price tag for tuition: $0.
Zero.
The first in his Bengali-immigrant family to attend
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 02 2019
News
Should Public College be Free?
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
During the most recent Democratic debate, candidates were divided on how to make college more accessible and affordable. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both support universal free college and cancellation of Abridge News
Feb 07 2022
News
Watchdog group says these colleges are the worst for free speech
A series of recent controversies helped a higher education watchdog fill out its list of 10 colleges it deemed the worst at protecting freedom of speech.
The Foundation of Individual Rights in Education announced its “ 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech ” Wednesday, with several colleges recently embroiled in free speech controversies prominently featured on the list.
FIRE listed
Washington Examiner
Apr 29 2020
Top Argument
Free College - Top 3 Pros and Cons
Free college programs come in different forms but generally refer to the government picking up the tab for tuition costs, while students pay for other expenses such as room and board. [50] At least 38 states have existing or proposed variations of free college programs. [48]
Tuition at public four-year institutions more than doubled over the past thirty years, and the average student
ProCon.org
Aug 18 2019
News
Is free speech on college campuses at risk?
NBC News’ Simone Boyce takes an in-depth look at the concepts of safe spaces and trigger warnings on college campuses. Author of “The Coddling of The American Mind”, Jonathan Haidt breaks down why college campuses should be promoting the acceptance of opposing views.
NBC News (Online)
Jun 24 2022
Analysis
Georgetown’s Got a Serious Free-Speech Problem
On June 6, Ilya Shapiro, the executive director of Georgetown University Law School’s Center for the Constitution, announced his resignation—and immediately became the right’s new cause célèbre in the campus free-speech wars.
Some context: Back in January, Shapiro posted a tweet about President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would select a Black woman to fill the Supreme Court vacancy
Daily Beast
Jun 05 2022
Opinion
The Silenced Students in the “Free Speech” Debate
The nearly 650 comments on the Young America’s Foundation’s April 6 tweet are laced with venom. The post is a video of Lukas Tucker, a first-year student at the University of North Carolina–Greensboro (UNCG) who filmed a peacekeeping message to the university community ahead of Ben Shapiro’s visit to campus.
“This is an illness.”
“Another fatherless child.”
“Freak.”
The Nation
Jun 03 2022
Opinion
The Silenced Students in the “Free Speech” Debate
The nearly 650 comments on the Young America’s Foundation’s April 6 tweet are laced with venom. The post is a video of Lukas Tucker, a first-year student at the University of North Carolina–Greensboro (UNCG) who filmed a peacekeeping message to the university community ahead of Ben Shapiro’s visit to campus.
“This is an illness.”
“Another fatherless child.”
“Freak.”
The Nation