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...costs of college tuition and fees have risen rapidly for over a decade, and paying for college has become increasingly more difficult for low- and middle-income students. Additionally, state budget crises have caused additional cuts in funding for higher education—cuts that affect many of America’s students each year. And as students are rendered increasingly vulnerable by today’s poor economy, textbook publishers should not leverage American textbook prices far above their costs...
Citing a “college cost crisis,” Rep. Buck McKeon introduced an adjunct to the Higher Education Act (HEA) last Thursday that would withhold student aid funds from schools that enact sharp tuition increases...
McKeon, D-Calif., said his bill would not harm students because colleges and universities would in all likelihood choose to comply with the proposed clause—which would set limits on permissible tuition increases...
McKeon’s bill would require colleges to post their tuition and fees on an easy-to-access website beginning in 2005. According to the proposed legislation, institutions whose costs rose at more than twice the rate of inflation for three consecutive years would be required to submit an explanation rise and a plan to slow the increase to the Department of Education...
...students from low- and middle- incomes families should be a high priority for the federal government. But instead of hampering schools’ ability to raise revenue, Congress should target assistance directly to Americans who need financial support to pay for college. Nuanced policies such as tax credits for tuition-paying families and incentives for colleges to provide generous financial aid will ultimately be more effective at making college affordable for low and middle-income Americans. McKeon may believe that his plan would help students, but it would merely force schools to choose whether to forgo federal aid or tuition...