Archive for March, 2009

Free college for good behavior?

Monday, March 30th, 2009

TuitionSounds like a pretty good deal!

Be on your best behavior, and the state will pay for a year of college.  That’s the plan proposed by Illinois state Rep. Mike Boland.

The plan is still in the very early ‘idea’ phase, but here is what Boland proposes:

8th graders (and their families) sign a pledge promising that until they graduate high school, they will  maintain a C avera [...]