For the last seven years, Long Beach, Calif., has worked to develop a path from the earliest levels of public school to college by establishing a partnership among its city government, state university, community college and K-12 systems.
That partnership -- the Long Beach College Promise -- has been successful in increasing access to college for the city's students and was one of the examples for the Obama administration's America College Promise, which plans to provide two years of free tuition to community college students.
And the administrators for the Long Beach program only expect to see more success. On Thursday, officials announced hat the initiative would expand from offering one tuition-free semester at Long Beach City College to a full year. The tuition is funded by donations to the Long Beach City College Foundation, which saves about $600 for each participating student a semester.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/25/successful-long-beach-promise-program-extends-offer-free-tuition-one-semester-year