The Yankee Institute in Connecticut just released the study “Free College for High School Students,” which recommends that every high school student who finishes his or her graduation requirements in three years be granted a full scholarship to any of that state’s twelve community colleges. Yankee Institute executive director Dr. Lewis M. Andrews, the report’s author, calculates, when the cost of two years of community college ($5,000) is subtracted from the per pupil cost of Connecticut high schools, the savings to taxpayers can be as high $10,000 for every student who receives a scholarship. A key point for forwarding thinking districts: The policy can be implemented by most school boards without any enabling legislation from the state.