Biden free college a reality?

[davewill]

I've been convinced for a long time that giving money to students to pay for college just makes college more expensive...the schools raise their fees until it equals the max the student can possibly pay, PLUS all of the grants and loans the student is able to get. What we need is something akin to the community college system, but for 4 year degrees where it is publicly funded, but NOT through the student.

The most important thing is that tuition and other costs like books and housing need to be controlled instead of being let spiral out of control. Make the new system free or near free, plus grants for the truly needy to cover books and basic housing. You need to include housing because many students will not live within commute distance of a school. However, housing should NOT be free if you bypass a local school that has your major in favor of one farther away.

Let private schools fund themselves, they get plenty of endowments and the like, they don't need public money, too.