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Containing college tuition hikes is a worthy, necessary goal

Easton, Pa., Express-Times - Editorial

February 5, 2012

Much of what the federal government does to help college students is in indirect support, through grants, loans and jobs, which affect people attending private as well as public colleges. Yet that level of support can't keep pace with demand, much less the super-inflationary flow of tuition and other college costs. The imbalance is birthing a generation of graduates defined more by overbearing debt than its preparation for employment.

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