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...Tuition hikes may not mean much for those at the top of the income bracket, or for those whose education is largely subsidized by expanding financial aid programs. But for everybody else, they present a major impediment to pursuing a college degree. If we allow tuition to rise at current rates, we risk creating a polarized community of a privileged few who subsidize the education of low-income students, while those in between these two extremes opt for cheaper alternatives such as state schools or non-Ivy League institutions that offer attractive scholarship packages. If the overall price of tuition...
...good thing, but it is not a panacea. There is a large, and too often ignored, middle class that does not qualify for major financial aid, but still balks at the high price of a private college education. The burden of the five–to-ten percent tuition increase that has become an almost annual tradition in higher education falls most heavily on these families...
...Princeton already have generous financial aid programs in place. They do their job of promoting diversity by supporting families at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. The real concern is the students who don’t quite make the cut for aid but still feel the crunch of tuition hikes. It’s good that someone is finally paying attention to their predicament...
...much fanfare, Princeton University announced last month that it would not raise undergraduate tuition for the coming year. According to The New York Times, several factors—including alumni donations, the 20 percent return of endowment investments, and the decision by trustees to spend more of the endowment—enabled Princeton to implement this freeze. Certainly, Princeton is to be commended for using surplus financial resources to ameliorate the massive burden high tuition rates impose on students and their families, especially those from middle- and low-income households. But we believe that extra available dollars at universities...
...College Board's 2006 report on affordability says tuition increases are slowing, but are still up 35% from five years ago at four-year public universities. It's a trend felt even in Kentucky, where incomes and tuitions are lower than the national average...