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Affordability Tops Priorities As College Costs Rise

Charleston, W.Va., State Journal - Opinion Piece

July 17, 2008

No one wants to return to the pre-World War II days, when a college degree was an option only for an elite few; despite troubled markets and a tightening of lending standards, that's unlikely to happen. What is more likely is that too many students will stop at a two-year degree, limit their college search to public institutions and restrict their studies to career fields that pay well enough to enable them to repay high student loans.

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