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Higher-Education Price Index Rises 3.6 Percent, Trailing Consumer Price Index

Chronicle of Higher Education

July 24, 2008

Even as they heralded the good news of that moderate increase, experts at the Commonfund Institute who maintain the index noted that broader economic trends could portend higher costs for colleges in the months to come. The increase in the index is slightly higher than the previous fiscal year's 3.4-percent increase but notably lower than the 5-percent increase reported for the 2006 fiscal year.

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