Free College Education

Guests: Deborah Santiago, Co-founder of the Research and Advocacy Group Excelencia in Education; Andrew Kelly, PhD, Director of the Center on Higher Education Reform at the American Enterprise Institute; Davis Jenkins, PhD, Senior Research Associate the Community College Research Center at Columbia University Teachers College   Have you noticed that nobody’s talking about kindergarten through 12th grade on the Presidential campaign trail? That’s pretty amazing when you consider that educating our kids was a major campaign message for the last three presidents who took office – Bush, Clinton and Obama.  The educational focus this time around is college – thanks in large part to the campaign of Democrat Bernie Sanders.  His free college promise resonates with lots of Americans. This segment discusses the practicality of that promise and at whether or not it would make the US better educated and more competitive on the international stage.