With free-tuition promises, some colleges try to untangle confusion over what they cost

Stately limestone buildings and manicured lawns frame a New England campus that feels like a Hallmark Christmas setting, complete with a golf course and a low 9‑to‑1 student‑faculty ratio. Prospective students are being shown the campus by undergraduate guides as colleges promote free‑tuition offers. The piece examines how these promises aim to clarify the true cost of higher education.

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Stately buildings of Vermont limestone surround meticulously tended lawns at the edge of a New England village that looks like it’s the setting for a Hallmark Christmas movie. There’s a golf course on this campus. The student-faculty ratio is an exclusive 9-to-1. And an undergraduate tour guide is telling visiting prospective applicants […] The post With free-tuition promises, some colleges try to untangle confusion over what they cost appeared first on The Hechinger Report.