Joe Biden Wants To Make Community College Free. Can Progressives Push Him Further? Making community college tuition-free has “no political downside.” Free four-year degrees are a tougher political sell. Susan Walsh/Getty Images First lady Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona arrive at Quad Cities International Airport in Moline, Illinois, on April 19, 2021. Biden and Cardona will be touring the Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon. DIXON, Illinois ― President Joe Biden’s administration is set to push to make community college tuition-free across the country, a potentially revolutionary policy that could nonetheless disappoint progressives who hope to persuade him to turn a campaign plan to make four-year public colleges free into a reality.