>>I don't follow the logic the author is using. The article argues that public colleges being free "[...] will alleviate the student debt crisis and enable low

>>I don't follow the logic the author is using. The article argues that public colleges being free "[...] will alleviate the student debt crisis and enable low-income students, particularly those of color, to go to college." Your point about elite schools still existing can (and will) be true at the same time in this hypothetical universe where US public college tuition is free.