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Higher Learning
For more than two decades, as the cost of college has climbed at twice the rate of inflation, critics have argued that
bloated bureaucracies, overpaid faculty, and unnecessary amenities are inflating tuition. Yet ∈a new book — Why Does
College Cost So Much? — economists Robert Archibald and David Feldman argue that college isn’t actually overpriced.
The reason: although the total cost of attending an in-state, four-year public university has nearly doubled
[5] to $16,140 since 2000, the benefits that come with it have increased considerably, too. Indeed, over the same period of
time, the difference ∈ wages between those who attend college and those who don’t has climbed by 20 percent.
Yet ∈ the aftermath of the recession, a more important question is who’s losing out ∈ the process? Even though aid
packages have risen by more than 50 percent since 2000, one recent study found that college enrollment could fall by 3.6
percent due to the housing crisis, which has made it harder for families to finance their children’s education.
[10] “The prices are rising precisely at the time when minorities and lower-income families are having the most trouble
meeting costs,” says Rucker Johnson, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. In other words,
college may still be a good deal, but its price is rising at a time when fewer people can afford it.
By Joel Schectman. Higher Learning. Newsweek, December 6, 2010, p. 12.
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