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These shows of restraint may signal a turnaround from the whopping tuition increases of recent years, as some schools now consider using their endowments to control price hikes. Since 1980, college costs have more than doubled, after adjustment for inflation, while the median income of families with college-age children has increased only 12%. Last year tuition rose an average of 4.6%, the lowest jump in 12 years--but still more than twice the rate of inflation. "Remaining affordable for middle-class parents is the 800-lb. gorilla facing colleges and universities," says Terry Hartle, senior vice president...
...reason colleges are curbing tuition increases is to attract those middle-income students. Rice University in Houston uses its $3 billion endowment to guarantee that tuition for sophomores, juniors and seniors will not leap ahead of the consumer price index. Another reason for restraint is concern that public outrage will prompt government intervention. Congress is already tackling the issue during two days of hearings this week, and President Clinton recently proposed a $31 billion package to make higher education more affordable. Now if only someone could do something about campus parking...
...Night, recalling the loss of his family and his childhood to the Nazi concentration camps at Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna and Buchenwald. Memory requires honesty--Wiesel needed to describe his experiences in the camps. But he has given his description, and as he points out, speaking too frequently without restraint can lead to sensationalism and distortion of the truth...
Moreover, the traffic-safety agency estimates that even among parents who always strap their children in, 85% are not doing it properly. We often don't know where best to place our kids, don't use the proper restraint for their age and weight, or don't install the safety seat correctly. I regularly get letters from readers who are confused about these matters. So when I saw that the safety agency was planning a big push on child-passenger safety in February, I went to its dank parking garage in downtown Washington for a hands-on demonstration. Though...
...father charged in a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno that the boy is being "unscrupulously manipulated." The Miami family's lawyer, Spencer Eig, says they might listen to AltaVista's idea, but "so far they've turned down" commercial offers. If so, it's a rare example of restraint in this more than two-month-long frenzy...