The Chronicle of Higher Education
OUTLOOK 2005

Tuition: Smaller Increases Are a Cause for Optimism

By KARIN FISCHER

Encouraged by a moderation in tuition growth in 2004-5, higher-education officials are hopeful that next year's increases in college costs will be even more restrained.

"What we're hoping is that this is the bottom of the economic cycle," says Cheryl Fields, a spokeswoman for the National Association of State Universities...

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