September 7, 2009
Hysteria Over High Tuition Distracts From Real Solutions for Students
Prices at public colleges and universities have risen rapidly in recent years largely because state financing has failed to keep up with growing enrollments. Of course, if colleges were more successful at finding ways to reduce their costs—as they must—they could live with lower per-student appropriations. But cost reduction could lead to further reductions in appropriations, rather than leading to lower prices for students. As we see all too vividly in the current recession,
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