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Obama Plan Would Help Many Go to Community College Free

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and TAMAR LEWINJAN. 8, 2015

WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday that he would propose a government program to make community college tuition-free for millions of students, an ambitious plan that would expand educational opportunities across the United States.

The initiative, which the president plans to officially announce Friday at a Tennessee community college, aims to transform publicly financed higher education in an effort to address growing income inequality.