In this video, Senator Sanders discusses colleges and universities in the U.S. and his idea that college education should be a right. Ultimately, the Senator states that while it is expensive, a more educated public benefits the entire country: “Higher education should be a right for people who have the ability and the desire because that makes our country better.”
Getting rid of tuition at America’s public colleges might seem like a silly liberal fantasy. But what if we could do it without spending any extra money on higher education? This video explains how it might work. For those who want to get into the nitty-gritty, here are data sources on tuition spending, the federal financial aid budget, undergraduate enrollment, and Pell Grants.