The L.A. Times – Jason Song, Teresa Watanabe and Christi Parsons
“Aiming to dramatically expand access to higher education, President Obama on Thursday proposed making community college virtually free for millions of high school graduates — a potential boon for California’s system, the largest in the nation. The federal government would pay 75% of the costs of community college, requiring states to pick up the rest, under the proposal that White House officials said would be included in the 2016 federal budget and require congressional approval.”(more)