Under Obama’s plan — which would cost an estimated $60 billion over 10 years– the feds would pay 75 percent of a student’s tuition, and the states pick up 25 percent. Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center education professor David Bloomfield predicted a “huge increase” in enrollment if Congress passes the plan, but warns that many getting a free ride may not be ready for college work. Students would have to maintain a 2.5, or C-plus average to keep getting the aid, and that’s the hitch. “It will take an immense effort by the students attending these colleges, and many of them are under-prepared going in,” Bloomfield said. by Susan Edelman in NY Post bit.ly/1EGZWsa
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 03:58:11 +0000
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