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Article: THE DREAM OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 23, 2007
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Rep. Dan L. Burton, R-Ind. (5th CD), issued the following blog entry:
America's higher education system is facing a crisis. Increasing costs are threatening to push the dream of a college education out of reach. In fact, according to the College Board's most recent report on trends in college pricing between 1995 and 2005 the average tuition and fees paid at private four-year colleges and universities rose 36 percent, after adjusting for inflation. Over the same period, average tuition and fees paid at public four-year institutions rose a staggering 51 percent, and at community colleges by 30 percent. This is a national tragedy as the need for a college education is greater than ever.
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