The Chronicle of Higher Education

Paying the Price for Tuition Increases

At a typical public college, times are exceptionally tough for working-class students

By PETER SCHMIDT

Fairborn, Ohio

Something has gone wrong at Wright State University.

Just ask David A. Green, a native of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, who graduated from Wright State in June.

The son and grandson of factory workers, he was exactly the type of student...

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