March 12, 2004

Plan to Punish Big Increases in Tuition Is Dropped

By STEPHEN BURD

Republican sponsor says colleges are doing better at controlling costs

To the great relief of higher-education leaders, a key congressman has abandoned a proposal that would have punished colleges for big tuition increases.

Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, the California Republican who heads the principal subcommittee on higher education in the House of Representatives, announced last week that he was withdrawing the bill (HR 3311) that would have prevented some institutions from

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