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...Corporation last week approved tuition for 1988-89 of $18,210, a 6.5 percent hike over last year's figure. The explanations for the hike, which once again greatly outpaces inflation, deserve to be viewed with skepticism...
...with the recent charges by the president of Kalamazoo College that many of the nation's most prestigious colleges feel they can get away with exorbitant tuition costs, the reasons for the Harvard hike merit increasing attention. With its reputation, Harvard is bound to attract the nation's top students, perhaps no matter how high the price. Harvard should consider those who shoulder the burden of a costly education the next time it calculates the tuition...
...Harvard Corporation approved the increase above last year's $17,100 tab earlier this week. The hike is nominally steeper than last year's, but higher inflation makes this year's increase a comparative bargain in real terms...
Tuition Rates Around the Ivy League College '87-'88 '88-'89 % Hike Harvard $17,100 $18,210 6.5 Dartmouth $17,085 $18,199 6.5 Yale $17,020 $18,060 6.1 Princeton $16,918 $17,967 6.2 Brown $16,950 $17,962 6.0 Penn $16,841 $17,800 5.7 Cornell $16,320 $17,460 6.9 Columbia...
BEITA, Occupied West Bank--A holiday hike by Israeli teen-agers ended yesterday in a melee of shooting and stone-throwing in an Arab town in which a 14-year-old Israeli girl and two Palestinians were killed...