Back on January 15 during his State of the State address, the governor first announced his "Adams Scholarship" program, which would provide free tuition to state colleges to any student who scores in the top 25% on MCAS statewide. Since schools in wealthy suburbs do much better on MCAS than those in urban communities, it's been apparent from the beginning that more wealthy, suburban students would probably benefit from this program than would urban residents who (statistically, at least) don't do as well on MCAS. Today's Boston Globe published a lengthy story that used statistics to back up this easily reached conclusion. For example, while 68% of the students from Dover-Sherborn would qualify, only 3% from Lawrence would (Lowell is not mentioned, but its MCAS scores are just a little bit better than those in Lawrence). Asked for the article whether a program that provided free college tuition to many of the state's wealthiest residents, Romney's response was astounding: he essentially said that wealthy families wouldn't send their kids to colleges like UMass, even if it was free so they wouldn't be using the program. Sounds like the governor thinks our state colleges are good for folks who can't afford to send their kids to someplace better. Wow.