Austin Community College officials suggest free tuition for incoming freshmen

Data, program, costs

  • Austin Community College’s newest satellite location — San Gabriel in Leander — offers classes for students in Leander, Liberty Hill and Georgetown. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
    Austin Community College’s newest satellite location — San Gabriel in Leander — offers classes for students in Leander, Liberty Hill and Georgetown. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

    As the old joke goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Let alone a free education. Students in higher education dream of graduating with little to no debt to their name. Now Austin Community College might make that dream come true.   

    During the January 8 Board of Trustees meeting, Austin Community College Chancellor Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart proposed a new program to make tuiti…