Biden Revives Obama-Era Plan That Fueled Free College Movement

Michelle Echeverri dreamed of attending college but wasn’t sure how she would pay for a degree. An immigrant from Colombia who uses a wheelchair, she didn’t know how to navigate obtaining financial aid or how she would work a job to to pay for school.

Then she attended a presentation about Tulsa Achieves, which provides free tuition at Tulsa Community College in Oklahoma for local residents.

“I was like, whoa, I guess I can actually go to college,” Echeverri said. “It opened a huge path for me in life.”

President Joe Biden is seeking to bring that same model to ...