November 7, 2008
Pennsylvania Puts Renewed Focus on High Cost of Public Colleges
Allyson Triplett was thrilled when she was accepted into a nursing program at the Community College of Philadelphia. But paying for it proved to be far more challenging than she had anticipated.
"I had no idea how many extra costs there were," Ms. Triplett, now in her third year at the college, told a panel of state education officials last month at a public hearing on college affordability.
For starters, tuition, at $4,410, is the highest of any community college in the
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