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{{Short description|American education campaign}}
'''College Promise''' is a national non-partisan campaign that supports funding the first two years of higher education, starting with [[community colleges in the United States]]. While state-level campaigns often lack funding, College Promise highlights growing concerns about unaffordable college costs and [[student loan debt in the United States]].<ref name="tcf.org">{{cite web |last1=Mishory |first1=Jen |title=The Future of Statewide College Promise Programs |url=https://tcf.org/content/report/future-statewide-college-promise-programs/ |website=Century Foundation |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref> College Promise is an initiative of Civic Nation, a [[501(c)(3)]] non-profit organization founded in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=College Promise Campaign |url=https://collegepromise.org/about-us/ |website=College Prmomise |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref>
==History==
[[Higher education in the United States]] has been restrictive for most of US history, serving elites at first, and slowly growing more
In 2005, the [[Kalamazoo Promise]] program was instituted so that local high school students could attend Michigan colleges with a 65 percent to 100 percent tuition discount.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kalamazoo Gazette Editorial Board |title=Editorial: The good of The Promise extends far beyond Kalamazoo |url=https://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/2010/10/editorial_the_good_of_the_prom.html |website=mlive.com |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref> In 2014, Tennessee was the first state to initiate a program for free tuition at community colleges.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tamburin |first1=Adam |title=Free community college spreads from Tennessee to Oregon |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/02/11/free-community-college-spreads-tennessee-oregon/97770744/ |website=www.statesmanjournal.com |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref> In his 2015 State of the Union Address, President [[Barack Obama]] proposed making community college tuition free to many residents of the US. Despite its popularity, the plan did not materialize.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arnett |first1=Autumn |title=3 years ago, President Obama first proposed making community college tuition free. Here's where we now stand. |url=https://www.educationdive.com/news/free-community-college-its-not-just-democrats-making-the-push/512845/ |website=Education Dive |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref> In September 2015, the College Promise Campaign was started, which serves to educate and promote College Promise programs in the United States. At that time, there were 53 College Promise Programs in place. By 2017, 16 states had at least one statewide College Promise program.<ref name="tcf.org"/> A year later, the College Promise movement grew to over 300 programs in 24 states.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cloud |first1=Rosye |title=Reimagining The American College Student |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/civicnation/2019/06/06/reimagining-the-american-college-student/#63db32036080 |website=Forbes |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref> As of September 2019, it was observed that there are over 320 College Promise Programs in 47 states nationwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=College Promise Campaign 2018-2019 Annual Report|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e44327a52b88927aaaecabd/t/5e5e967569266155eee66174/1583257213269/CPC-ANNUAL+REPORT-2019_Online+%281%29.pdf|website=College Promise}}</ref>
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=== Problems Associated with Expanding Promise Programs ===
Although there are many reasons why free higher education is beneficial to society, there are also problems that will arise if Promise Programs are instituted nationwide. President Lyndon B. Johnson implemented federal student loan and grant programs in 1965, which were supposed to help lower income students attend college.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Krason|first=Stephen|date=2017|title=What's Wrong With Guaranteeing a Free College Education?|journal=Catholic Social Science Review|volume=22|pages=395–398|doi=10.5840/cssr20172239|doi-access=free}}{{irrelevant citation|date=March 2022|reason=Article has little to no data facts, just conservative opinion.}}</ref> With the mass adoption of federal funding, universities became much cheaper and easier to access. This means free tuition hangs on taxes. During the Reagan '80s, Tax and Expenditure Limitations were passed. Colleges could no longer afford free tuition due to a massive cut to state spending,
==See also==
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