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FoxTalk asked Eileen Laubacher what she would do to reduce college costs for working and commuting students. The retired rear admiral and congressional candidate said community colleges need more investment, more online access and lower costs.

One candidate called student debt “unconscionable.” Another said public college should be tuition-free. Another promised lawsuits. At DemFest, college costs turned into a fight over debt, Pell Grants, service programs and whether students are being priced out.

At DU, candidates for governor argued over Trump, Tina Peters, immigration, faith, taxes and each other. But for community college students, the real issue was simpler: after graduation, can they afford to stay?

The president of Colorado Christian University opened Tuesday night with a joke about fathers. His university trains graduates to be "exceptionally employable," he said. Parents applaud that. They can see the relief, he told the crowd, "the fact that they're going to get off the