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Con: Should public colleges be free for all qualified applicants?
Shifting tuition to taxpayers may derail promising innovations
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WASHINGTON — Skyrocketing college tuition threatens educational opportunity in America. While median household incomes have shrunk since the economic crisis, published tuition at public colleges has jumped 25 percent since 2008, largely in response to state funding cuts. Net prices — what students pay after grants and scholarships — have not risen as quickly thanks to a one-time, unprecedented increase in Pell Grant spending.