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ICED TEA

Clinton campaign
adds to higher ed 
affordability plan

ALLISON FARRAND/Daily

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took pictures with churchgoers 
after speaking at the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church in Flint on 
February 7th.

New additions 

reflect collaboration 

with Sanders 

By LYDIA MURRAY

Summer Managing News Editor

Hillary 
Clinton’s 
campaign 

announced 
Wednesday 
three 

new features to her New College 
Compact plan, which aims to 
address the increasing student 
debt burden.

The 
announcement 
follows 

a private meeting last month 
between Clinton and her primary 
opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders 
(I–Vt.), in which they discussed 
the differing aspects of both 
candidates’ college affordability 
plans. 
Sanders 
touted 
free 

undergraduate 
tuition 
at 
all 

public institutions, which made 
the candidate popular among 
students.

Clinton’s 
plan, 
originally 

introduced in August, focuses 
on making college affordable by 
reducing the need for students 
to take out loans while also 
increasing financial aid from 
public institutions.

One 
addition 
to 
Clinton’s 

NCC borrows largely from the 
Sanders platform with promises 
to eliminate costs for middle class 
families by providing free tuition 
for those with an annual income 
of up to $125,000 at in-state 
institutions. According to a press 
release, this addition will cover 80 
percent of all families.

However, the plan requires an 

initial income threshold value 
of $85,000, which will then rise 
annually by $10,000 for four years.

Students for Sanders president 

Nicholas Kolenda, a rising LSA 
junior, said while Clinton’s new 
additions still do not go as far as 
Sanders’ plan, the new strides are 
an important merger beween the 
two campaigns.

“This isn’t completely tuition-

free college, technically, as it 
leaves out the top 10 percent,” he 
said. “Even though they can afford 
it, I’d like to see it be completely 
tuition-free and public. But it is 

tuition-free for a vast majority, 
so it’s a big improvement over 
Clinton’s original plan and a good 
compromise between the two 
plans.”

Despite 
this 
collaboration, 

Sanders has yet to officially 
endorse Clinton, despite stating 
that he plans to vote for her in 
November. 

College Democrats chair Collin 

Kelly, a rising LSA junior, said the 
expansion is an important addition 
to Clinton’s original efforts to 
address college affordability. 

“Secretary Clinton’s original 

college affordability plan would 
have gone a long way to alleviate 
some of the burden of student debt, 
and her updated plan improves 
it by responding to our needs 
with an even more progressive, 
accessible and extensive plan,” he 
said.

The second new aspect of the 

NCC is a moratorium on student 
debt, which Clinton plans to enact 
through an executive action at the 
start of her presidency. This three-
month period, in which federal 
borrowers would not have to issue 
payment installments, would give 
borrowers time to research all of 
their repayment options through 
the Department of Education 
to find the best options to save 
money.

The final addition furthers the 

protection of Pell Grants — federal 
aid for students with financial 
need — through restoring year-
round 
funding, 
which 
would 

help students pay for options 
like summer classes or other 
educational 
pursuits 
during 

summer months.

Kelly said the updated plan 

reflects the needs of students 
across 
the 
country, 
which 

he believes will help drive a 
Democratic victory in November.

“This shows that Democrats 

are hard at work to produce 
real, effective solutions to the 
challenges 
faced 
by 
students 

across the nation,” he said. “It’s 
clear which party listens to and 
supports the interests of students 
and 
young 
people. 
And 
we 

know that, when students vote, 
Democrats win.”

