Carnevale, Anthony P.Sablan, Jenna R.Garcia, Tania L.2020-06-162020-06-162019http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98943Free-college programs traditionally have focused on providing a tuition-free education, but there is growing support for policymakers to guarantee a debt-free education. Even if a college charges nothing for tuition, attending college is not really free if a student still has to pay for room and board, books, transportation, and other expenses. To make attending college debt free, a program would have to use financial aid other than loans to address costs of attendance besides tuition. Confusion surrounds the definition and implementation of free-college programs. This report discusses the basic terminology of free college as well as some common questions about education finance and student financial aid.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalfree-college programsstudent financial aidtuition-free educationReporthttps://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/cew-free_college_101.pdf