White House Weekly Address: Making Higher Education More Affordable for the Middle Class


In his weekly address, President Obama notes that while college education has never been more important, it has also never been more expensive, which is why he proposed major new reforms this week to make college more affordable for middle class families and those fighting to get into the middle class.

Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, Bo took on the important role of big brother, the President honored the undefeated, 1972 Miami Dolphins at the White House, and laid out fundamental reforms that would bring real change to the way that we pay for college education in this country during a two-day bus tour in New York. That’s August 16th to August 22nd or “The Welcome Sunny, Back-to-School, Make College Affordable Edition.”