In some cases, the universities said they would cover full tuition, room and board.

Does the plan cover all college costs, or only tuition?

Other businesses are covering tuition for workers who learn new skills at community colleges.

In some cases, the universities would cover room and board as well as tuition.

Taxes cover tuition through graduate school, almost all health care and 85 to 90 percent of child day care.

The best scholarships cover tuition, room and board, and are worth $69,400 over four years.

It gave returning soldiers $500 a year to pay for college, enough to cover tuition on almost every campus in the country at the time.

This year, the grandparents are paying about $6,000 directly to a preschool to cover tuition for the 3-year-old.

Such subsidies average $110,000 a student, covering tuition, room and board.

It's not going to be enough to cover tuition at Columbia.