The president also said he wants to begin a competition to encourage states to better use money for higher education. The winning state would receive a $1 billion prize.
“We are telling the states: If you can find new ways to bring down the costs of college and make it easier for more students to graduate, we will help you do it,” Obama said.
He suggested another competition to encourage innovations to increase productivity on college campuses.
Friday’s speech concluded the president’s three-day, five-state tour in which he promoted the initiatives he discussed in Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
Much of Obama’s plan faces a difficult future in Congress, which must approve almost all of it.
Some Republicans have warned that moving federal aid away from colleges will hurt students, and that the president’s education plan will reduce the autonomy of the higher education system.
The proposals the president made in Michigan were an appeal to young voters and working families, two groups that usually support Obama, in one of the states that could decide the November election.
New poll numbers are encouraging for the president. An
NBC News-Wall Street Journal
survey shows that 48 percent of Americans think Obama is doing a good job, compared with 46 percent who disapprove. It is the first poll in six months that shows more people approving than disapproving.
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