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Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, running for re-election as the Governor of Iowa in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, talks about student debt during the 5th Annual Harvest Festival at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., October 1, 2022. Photo by Lee Navin/For the Des Moines Register/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS

Iowa lawmakers approves public money for private school students

By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden responds to a question from moderator Craig Melvin during a forum held by gun safety organizations the Giffords group and March For Our Lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2, 2019. Photo by Steve Marcus/Reuters

Biden unveils plan for free community college

The former vice president's $750 billion higher education plan represents a major expansion of the federal government's role in educating Americans beyond high school.

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

San Francisco becomes first city to offer free community college tuition to all residents

The new program comes as several other jurisdictions, including the states of New York and Rhode Island, are considering free tuition programs.

By Dave Berndtson

Percentage of Americans with college degrees rises, paying for degrees tops financial challenges

Nearly 40 percent of working-aged Americans now hold a college degree, according to a new report from the Lumina Foundation.

By Kyla Calvert Mason

More states granting in-state tuition to immigrants

15 states have statutes on the books that allow students who have lived in the state for a set number of years, but who lack legal immigration status, to pay in-state tuition.

By Elisabeth Ponsot

In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students?

Correspondent Rick Karr explores proposed legislation to allow undocumented students to benefit from in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities in New Jersey. Cynthia Cruz, an undocumented immigrant, tells her story.

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