NEWS ANALYSIS

Under Pressure From Colleges, Congress Softens Cost-Control Plan

By KELLY FIELD

For the past several years, Congress has been looking for a lever to control rising college tuition.

When Republicans were in charge, they proposed withholding federal student aid from colleges that failed to curb their tuition increases. The plan provoked an uproar among college lobbyists,...

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