AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Community College’s (ACC) free tuition pilot program, launched in the fall of 2024, is already showing promising results, with enrollment and retention rates on the rise.
The program, which offers free tuition for up to three years — or five years for students pursuing a bachelor’s degree — is available to recent high school graduates and GED recipients within ACC’s service area.
According to ACC officials, the initiative has driven a 40% increase in enrollment among high school graduates last fall. Eighteen-year-old Cassidy Hernandez is one of almost 5,000 new students benefiting from the program…