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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.”