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Direct linkEhrenberg, Ronald G.; Rizzo, Michael J. – Academe, 2004
Each year over the past quarter century, undergraduate tuition and fees in the United States have increased by an average of 2.5 to 3.5 percentage points above the inflation rate. This continuous rise recently led one congressman to propose that the government penalize institutions that raise their tuition by more than twice the rate of inflation…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Tuition, Higher Education, Legislators
