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[...] Mark Huelsman, senior policy analyst at Demos, said that the debt-free concept relies on what many higher education policy groups have long been saying: that states need to boost their spending on higher education and that student loan debt is crushing some borrowers and a drag on the economy.

[...] Looking at the types of programs named last month, opponents to cuts see what they call a guise to squeeze a public education system tasked with growing demands and enrollment but declining funding. "There are people in the policy and political sphere who really feel this issue is getting

Students living in President Hillary Clinton’s America could go to college debt-free, her campaign manager hinted earlier this week. Making college more affordable is part of Clinton’s plan to boost quality of life for ordinary Americans, Robby Mook, “Hillary for America” campaign manager, told CNBC

[...] At the individual level, racial differences have been observed when it comes to accumulating wealth. A study recently published by the public policy organization Demos called “ Racial Wealth Gap” found that the wealth gap between Blacks and Whites has grown since the Great Recession

[...] According to The New York Times' Paul F. Campos, tuition rates are more the victim of "the constant expansion of university administration" than state-funded budget cuts.

Public colleges and universities are supposed to be affordable options for students seeking a degree, but years of state budget cuts have led to increased tuition that families are struggling to afford. If states continue down this path of disinvestment, some will soon contribute nothing to higher

Thanks to rapidly rising tuition costs, America has a $1.2 trillion student debt problem.

The skyrocketing price of college tuition at previously affordable state colleges and universities is a longstanding source of concern, especially for people graduating with mountains of student debt. People have many theories as to why this is happening: administrative bloat, too-high salaries for

While income is distributed unequally in the country, what few people know is how much more unequally wealth, financial assets and inheritances are distributed.

As the 2016 campaign begins to take shape, there have been strong signals that debt-free higher education is going to be a central policy flash point.