MassEducate: Free Community College for All Massachusetts Residents
Worcester, MA -MassEducate is a program that would allow tuition-free, universal community college for all Massachusetts residents. Quinsigamond Community College President Luis Pedraja told Talk of the Commonwealth he is in favor of MassEducate and pointed to the success of MassReconnect, a program that has allowed those twenty-five and older without a college degree to go back to school tuition free. MassEducate would invest $75.5 million in new spending to cover tuition and fees for all residents, and offer an up to $1,200 stipend for books, supplies, and other costs to students who make 125% or less of median income in the state. Massachusetts would be the first state to offer such a program.
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