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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Is College Becoming Out-of-Reach?

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Is College Becoming Out-of-Reach?:

Is College Becoming Out-of-Reach?

An article in the Huffington Post about college costs caught my eye.

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Over the past three decades, the inflation-adjusted income of the median American family has basically remained stagnant. The same can’t be said of college costs, which have simultaneously surged to almost unrecognizable heights, according to a new report by the left-leaning Center for American Progress.

Costs at private nonprofit four-year colleges have