Obama just proposed 2 free years of community college

Obama just proposed 2 free years of community college
(Image credit: Screenshot from White House video)

The White House just released a video of President Obama calling for two free years of community college "for anyone who's willing to work for it."

He'll make the formal proposal Friday in Tennessee, as part of a series of speeches previewing the themes of his State of the Union address. Obama also called on Congress to back him in this plan.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.