Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years

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The price of attending a public four-year college has risen 27 percent beyond inflation over the past five years, according to the College Board. At Community Colleges, prices have risen 24 percent, and 13 percent at private universities.

The increases include to tuition have been driven by a drop in state funding for higher education, and things like skyrocketing growth in administrative positions, and the funding of athletic programs.

[snot]

1. As the corporatization of education has proceded.

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2. And goodbye to saving money by purchasing used books.....

Many texts now come with an access code which are only good for 1 semester which the students need for getting onto an online site where they get homework problems etc. The cost of that access code is so high that it makes buying used books pointless.

WHY is this practice not illegal?

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3. Its for Profit

Corporate language for plunder