Making university free will do little to foster social engagement from disenfranchised groups like inner city African-Americans. Rather, free university education does little other than benefit those who would already have attended; only without fees they can do so for free. Groups with an anti-education bias will not simply be convinced of its merits by its being made free. Spending taxpayers’ money on social outreach programs and other civic activities are the way to contact these groups and encourage them to enter university. Making university free is a pointless gesture.
