Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders elevated the issue of college affordability with campaign proposals to make public higher education free for the vast majority of American families, but those prospects have faded with the election of Donald Trump.
Trump policy adviser Sam Clovis made it clear during the campaign that the Republican would not support free public higher education, calling the idea “absurd” in an interview with Inside Higher Ed. And with congressional Republicans calling for the federal government to dial back its role in education, the chances of a federal-state partnership to lower the cost of college appear slim.
Read more at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/did-the-idea-of-free-public-higher-education-go-down-with-the-democrats/2016/11/14/7785ce20-aac2-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html