Public colleges in Germany, Norway and Finland are free for residents. Soon San Francisco will join that league as the first city in the US to offer free college. CNBC reported: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Jane Kim announced plans to offer free City College tuition to all of San Francisco's residents regardless of need. It would be the first metropolitan area to do so. San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim told local station KGO-TV, “Making City College free is going to provide greater opportunities for more San Franciscans to enter into the middle class and more San Franciscans to stay in the middle class if they currently are.” Under the proposed deal, which is expected to take effect in the fall, the city of San Francisco would provide the City College of San Francisco with nearly $5.4 million annually. (cnbc.com)
