The hosts gushed over what seemed to be pretty pathbreaking news in the face of higher education costs that are often a huge barrier to students from lower-income families. “You might want to call your candidate Hillary Clinton and tell her about this,” said Braude.
Turns out the program is not free at all, it only covers about 10-14% of the costs.
As a community college student myself, I'd argue that this is worse than if the program never existed at all.
— Robin (@caulkthewagon) May 2, 2016
You get students all amped up for free school and then they're immediately sent to the registrar's office with a huge bill.
— Robin (@caulkthewagon) May 2, 2016
Source: ‘Free’ community college for Boston students? Not really – CommonWealth Magazine
