
Cuomo’s ‘free college’ is bad policy
“Free college” may help Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s career, but it won’t help educate New York students, argues New York Times columnist David Brooks. Gov. Andrew Cuomo promotes “tuition-free college for New York’s middle class.” New York will make tuition free at state colleges and universities for students from families earning up to $100,000 a year, with the cap rising to $125,000 in 2019. It’s explicitly billed as help for “the middle class.” The law doesn’t help families earning