Funding Two Years of College is a Small Price to Pay to Get Educated Workers
WritingBelow is an excerpt of an op-ed by Chancellor Block that originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
President Obama’s bold proposal to make two years of community college virtually free is the most encouraging idea for higher education to emerge from Washington in years. Just like the 1862 Morrill Act, which donated land on which to establish great public universities, and the GI Bill, which helped World War II veterans attend college, the president’s plan is a game changer, potentially adding two years of college onto every young person’s education.