Clinton, Sanders spar over state participation in their free college plans

Inside Higher Ed: As the Democratic presidential candidates vied for votes in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary and other upcoming contests, Hillary Clinton has trumpeted a new line of attack against Bernie Sanders’s plan for tuition-free college. But her college funding plan may be vulnerable to the same critique.

Clinton’s campaign has increasingly criticized the Sanders plan as unrealistic because it would require states, including those with spending-shy Republican governors and legislatures, to cover some of the costs associated with eliminating tuition at public colleges and universities.

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