The recent passage of New York State’s Excelsior Scholarship — the first program in New York to offer free tuition at public colleges and universities — has been heralded as a model for other states to follow.

The program offers free tuition to families making up to $125,000 a year.

Many European countries, like Germany, already offer free college, and they do so for all students regardless of family income level.

But “free” is a relative term since tax payers absorb that cost.

European countries often differ greatly from the US in substantive ways. Their college enrollment percentages, for example, are much read more >>>

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