Lighter Teaching Loads for Faculty Contribute to Rising College Costs, Report Says

By Sydni Dunn

[Update (4/17/2013, 9:54 p.m.): Education Sector and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni have retracted the report described in this Chronicle article.]

The rising cost of college can't be blamed just on dwindling state appropriations or inflation, according to a report released on Wednesday by Education Sector and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. A decline in the