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Friday, March 15, 2013
With State Cuts, Public University Costs Skyrocket - Mark Russell, Newser
Going to a state school may be becoming less of a great way to keep college costs down: With state governments cutting funding, the amount public-college students paid in tuition (after scholarships and grants) soared 8.3% last year. That's the heftiest hike on record, reports the Wall Street Journal, and comes as the average state funding per student fell 9%. That, too, is a record, the biggest drop since the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association started keeping track in 1980.
http://www.newser.com/story/163946/with-state-cuts-public-university-costs-skyrocket.html