Biden's free college plan never happened. Are debt-free degrees the answer to student loan crisis?

President Joe Biden’s free college plan has failed to materialize, and debt-free programs from colleges are typically limited to the most exclusive institutions in the country.

Ohio State University is hoping to change that. The university’s president, Kristina M. Johnson, announced a pilot Friday to provide 125 students a way to cover their educational costs without turning to the federal government or private lenders. 

The pilot will cover only a sliver of the 47,000 undergraduates at the Columbus campus. Still, Johnson hopes within 10 years to offer what the university is calling the "Scarlet & Gray Advantage" to all students at Ohio State, one of the largest public universities in America. 

“It’s not free college,” Johnson said in an interview. “It’s a pathway students can travel to get a college education without debt.”