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The Case Against Free College
- Dissent
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 62, Number 4, Fall 2015
- pp. 112-114
- 10.1353/dss.2015.0089
- Article
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Those clamoring for free college make normative claims about the nature of a just and good society. As currently argued, however, these claims are largely uncompelling. Without a dramatic overhaul of how we understand student benefits, making college more or entirely free would most likely boost the wealth of college attendees without securing any important egalitarian gains.