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College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.

Posted by Adam Cotton at 10:11 AM on January 08, 2009

  The rising cost of college ? even before the recession ? threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.


Over all, the report found, published college tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, adjusted for inflation, while median family income rose 147 percent...

Among the poorest families ? those with incomes in the lowest 20 percent ? the net cost of a year at a public university was 55 percent of median income, up from 39 percent in 1999-2000. At community colleges, long seen as a safety net, that cost was 49 percent of the poorest families? median income last year, up from 40 percent in 1999-2000.





With a recession on our hands and the price of education seeming to continue to skyrocket, how do you see this effecting many of the individuals and families we serve in the long run?

Categories: Economy, Poverty, Students

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