The state wrested primary control of the City University of New York from the city, ending tuition-free education.
Do you think they will guarantee her a tuition-free education for the next four years?
Sanders said he would release "very specific proposals" to raise taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations, as well as offer tuition-free education at all public colleges and universities.
The Great Depression was winding down, World War II rumbled in Europe, and a tuition-free education at Queens College, next to an apple orchard and a short drive from home, seemed an opportunity not to be missed.
Since Peter Cooper's heirs gave the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art the land under the Chrysler Building in 1902, the school's endowment has enabled it to offer students a high-quality, tuition-free education through two world wars, the Great Depression and multiple stock market crashes and financial crises.
Such a change would be a cultural shift for an institution whose tuition-free education and esteemed programs in engineering, architecture and art have made it one of the nation's most selective schools, admitting 5 percent to 10 percent of applicants annually, depending on the department.
At these schools all students are required to work a minimum of 10 to 15 hours each week in campus and service jobs in exchange for tuition-free education.
A series of unique schools Cooper Union, College of the Ozarks and Berea College all place in the top 10 due largely to their high overall ranking and special aid programs that lead to effectively tuition-free education for all students.
The school began offering its baccalaureate program in 1962, and now it supplies more than 10% of baccalaureate degrees earned by Native Americans in the U.S. Fort Lewis still abides by a 1911 mandate to provide tuition-free education to qualified Native Americans, and over 160 Native American tribes are represented on campus.
New York City's University system provided tuition-free education for many years.
Perhaps the most revolutionary concept was that of tuition-free education.
