Why College Costs Too Much

by Daniel Luzer
Higher Education

There’s basically one reason. From the Atlantic:

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State colleges, which educate about 80 percent of American undergraduates, make up for these cuts with tuition hikes.

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Daniel Luzer

Daniel Luzer is the news editor at Governing Magazine and former web editor of the Washington Monthly. Find him on Twitter: @Daniel_Luzer