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1. Free Community College
Clinton favors a needs-based free community college
program. “I believe that we should make community college
free. We should have debt-free college if you go to a public
college or university,” she said during debates in Iowa this past
November. She added, however, that she disagrees “with free
college for everybody.”
Hillary Clinton:

2. Free Community College
With nothing concrete on education other than the need to
shrink federal involvement, it stands to reason Cruz would
oppose any federally-backed free community college
proposal.
Ted Cruz:

3. Free Community College
Kasich has been a big proponent of leveraging community
colleges as a way to keep college affordable. He has pushed
for a “3+1” model that allows students to spend three years in
community college before transferring to a four-year institution.
While he has not taken a public stance on free community
college, it could be a policy he’d likely support.
John Kasich:

4. Free Community College
Rubio has largely called for an overhaul of college affordabili-
ty overall, so that, instead of providing free community college
as a solution, all of the options become within reach for all
students. In an op-ed he penned for the Des Moines Register,
Rubio emphasizes the need to “ensure students have multiple
affordable options so they don’t feel pressured to pick the one
government will pay for.”
Marco Rubio:

5. Free Community College
Sanders favors not only making community college free, but
all public higher education. He has promised to “fight to make
sure that every American who studies hard in school can go to
college regardless of how much money their parents make and
without going deeply into debt.”
Bernie Sanders:

6. Free Community College
The Republican front-runner has not released a stance on free
community college, but given his emphasis to cut government
involvement in education “way, way down,” he is not likely to
support a plan that uses federal funds to cover the cost of
community college.
Donald Trump: