The Chronicle of Higher Education

Students Face Another Year of Big Tuition Increases in Many States

By MICHAEL ARNONE

Come fall, more students at public colleges will face sticker shock than ever before.

Still struggling with flat economies, huge budget deficits, and ballooning college enrollments, many states significantly raised the cost of attending public colleges for the 2003-4 academic year. Double-digit percentage increases in tuition...

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