Over at On Campus, Kirk Carapezza breaks down President Obama's proposal to make community college tuition-free for millions of students who keep their grades up.
So far, reactions from higher education observers and lawmakers have been mixed.
"It's bold and exactly what we need right now," Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told NPR's Claudio Sanchez.
Skeptics, though, say Obama’s plan is too ambitious because the federal government can’t control tuition costs at state community colleges.
