How a Tuition-Free College Turned Into a Casualty of the Tax Wars - ERICA L. GREEN, NY Times

A 1 percent decrease in revenue each year would shave off the number of students that the school is able to fund, Mr. Roelofs said. The school already can accept only 20 percent of its applicants. “We think of Berea as consisting of 1,600 stories of transformation for students who may not have had the opportunity to join the middle class,” Mr. Roelofs said. “That would mean 16 out of those 1,600 stories aren’t going to happen — kids who come out of the mountains or the urban centers of Appalachia who we just can’t serve.” In a statement, Mr. McConnell said he was “mystified” by the Democrats’ challenge to the provision. “Democrats’ fanatical opposition to the tax bill reached such hysterical heights that Bernie Sanders proudly led the charge to deliberately harm Berea College, which offers free tuition to less fortunate families,” Mr. McConnell said. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/us/politics/berea-college-bernie-sanders-mcconnell-tax-cut.html