First, free college can encourage students to attend college to earn a degree that leads to a high-paying career. It can cater to those students who are going through a tough time financially and fewer students will be in debt. Second, with free college, universities will be more likely to help students who need guidance stay on track and earn a diploma. Clayton and Bailey state, "If we want to significantly improve educational outcomes, we must make college more accessible so that more students can enroll, and make the necessary reforms to ensure that community college students can succeed in their courses, complete their their program, and graduate within a reasonable amount of time" (Clayton and Bailey). Finally, free college can help the United States catch up with the rest of the countries with higher education. For example, it can help the United States overtake Russia, where more than half of adults have a college degree. Frohlich explains: “Over 53% of Russian adults aged 25 to 64 had some form of higher education in 2012, more than in any other country surveyed by the OECD” (Frohlich). While free college is an attractive idea, it will leave the United States with a larger debt that will be difficult to recover from and more students will be unmotivated to do so.