May 15, 2009
Calculating the True Cost of Tuition Freezes at Public Colleges
Maryland's governor, Martin J. O'Malley, didn't get much of his legislative agenda through the General Assembly this year, but he did succeed on one front: preserving enough state aid for the public-university system to stave off a tuition increase for the fourth consecutive year.
Like politicians in several states, Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, made college affordability a priority even as lawmakers struggled to close a $1.9-billion budget shortfall for the fiscal year that begins July
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