The United States has become a nation of educational haves and have-nots. Tuition costs are skyrocketing while real incomes have remained stagnant. Aid programs based on financial need continue to decrease. Students borrow money and then face unmanageable debt when they finish college.

Higher education should be available to everyone; it should not be limited by financial considerations. This is the basic and simple idea that underlies the Free Higher Education campaign. This campaign – coordinated by the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute – has been endorsed by numerous academic and labor organizations.

"Free Higher Ed!" Mark Dudzic and Adolph Reed Jr., The Nation, 2/23/04

"Majoring in Debt" Adolph Reed Jr., The Progressive, January 2004

"Why Political Scientists Should Support Free Public Higher Education"
PS - the journal of the American Political Science Association

FAQs about Free Higher Education

Statement of Academics in Support of Free Higher Education

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Send the statement to a colleague

Resolution in Support of Free Higher Education for Unions or Academic Associations

Free For All: A DJDI Working Paper (pdf)

"Higher Sights," Laura McClure, Labor Party Press/May 2002

A GI Bill For Everybody, Adolph Reed, Jr. Dissent Magazine /FALL 2001 /VOLUME 48, NUMBER 4

GI Bill of Rights fact sheet

Education Free For All, by Jeff Thacker, Boston's Weekly Dig, September 4, 2002