Massachusetts Plan for Free Community Colleges Meets With Skepticism

Gov. Deval L. Patrick of Massachusetts has captured national attention with a plan to make community college free for all of his state's high-school graduates. But experts on higher-education policy and key players in Massachusetts politics say the details of his plan — which have yet to emerge — are what will determine whether his idea is the workable product of a visionary or the never-to-be-realized hope of a dreamer.

"It's not a plan at this point, but just

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