Vice President Joe Biden brought the administrations message of affordable education to students and faculty at Gahanna's Lincoln High School.
"There was a bargain in place for the last 50 years that if you worked hard, played by the rules, you helped increase productivity in America, you got a piece of the action," Biden said.
That action isn't available now, the Vice President said, because too many Americans are questioning whether a college degree, and the costs and debt associated with it, are worth it, ONN's Jim Heath reported.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order late last year that will allow graduates to pay 10 percent of their income for 20 years, and have the rest of their student loan debt forgiven.
It's a change that many of the high school students support.
"Getting into college is hard as it is. Being able to afford it and being able to afford the one you want is even harder," said student Sarah Kehler.
Biden said that one solution for families concerned about the costs of higher education may be two year colleges.
"Community colleges are probably the best bargain in America right now," Biden said.
Republican State Sen. Kevin Bacon was in attendance at Biden's event.
He said that education is one area where both parties can work together.
"I think education is a continuing effort. We always need to improve. I think when you say education we have a lot of things we have improved and many things we have to work on in terms of our policy, especially higher education," Bacon said.
In a poke at state Republican lawmakers, and Governor John Kasich, Biden suggested their budget priorities are an attack on education.
"One of the reasons your tuition is going up in Ohio and every other state is because the states aren't contributing as much to the state universities," Biden said.
