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Troutt, Marvin D. – Research in Higher Education, 1983
A linear programing approach is applied to college cost information to suggest optimal tuition increases under some broad policy constraints concerning consistency of the rates. Factors such as balance of credit hour and per-student charges, and differentiation by program and other student groupings, are considered. (MSE)
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