Tenn. Governor Seeks Free Community College Tuition - Inside Higher Ed

Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee burnished his credentials as a higher education governor Monday night by promising in his State of the State speech to make two years of a community or technical college education free to graduating high school seniors in the state. Haslam, whose state has aggressively overhauled its postsecondary system under both him and his predecessor, Phil Bredesen, proposed using lottery reserve funds to create an endowment to cover the tuition and fees of high school graduates who attend a community college or one of the state's colleges of applied technology. http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/02/04/tenn-governor-seeks-free-community-college-tuition