Daily Commercial:
"Average tuition prices rose sharply again this fall as colleges passed much of the burden of their own financial problems on to recession-battered students and parents.
Average tuition at four-year public colleges rose 6.5 percent, or $429, to $7,020 this fall, according to the College Board's annual 'Trends in College Pricing' report, released Tuesday. At private colleges, the average list price for a year of coursework rose 4.4 percent to $26,273.
Those figures hide wide variations -- public college students in California, Florida, New York and Washington have seen double-digit percentage increases, while the University of Maryland used federal stimulus funds to freeze tuition this year."
"Average tuition prices rose sharply again this fall as colleges passed much of the burden of their own financial problems on to recession-battered students and parents.
Average tuition at four-year public colleges rose 6.5 percent, or $429, to $7,020 this fall, according to the College Board's annual 'Trends in College Pricing' report, released Tuesday. At private colleges, the average list price for a year of coursework rose 4.4 percent to $26,273.
Those figures hide wide variations -- public college students in California, Florida, New York and Washington have seen double-digit percentage increases, while the University of Maryland used federal stimulus funds to freeze tuition this year."