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CIAO DATE: 12/05

Why Does College Cost So Much?

On the Issue
September 2005

Richard Vedder

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Abstract

Increases in college tuition have long outpaced growth in family income—in effect, placing higher education out of reach for an increasing number of American families. Economic factors account for that trend, but also ensure that it cannot be sustained much longer.

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