March 14, 2003

Bill Would Penalize Colleges That Increase Tuition Sharply

By STEPHEN BURD

A key Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives announced last week that he planned to introduce legislation that would punish colleges that raise their prices too much.

Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, the California Republican who heads the House subcommittee on higher education, said that his bill would aim to increase college affordability and accessibility. "For the decade that I have been in Congress, I have heard people on all sides of the issue talk about making college

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