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US: Funding cuts, tuition hikes likely to define 2012

University World News, U.K.

January 8, 2012

Last year saw some of the starkest cuts in funding at state universities and colleges across the country. Nearly 40 states cut funding to higher education. Some, like New Hampshire and California, slashed their higher education budgets by nearly 50%. The steep tuition hikes and the fate of the Pell Grant highlights the changing demographics of the college population. As funding continues to be cut and tuition continues to increase, college may soon be accessible to only the wealthy and privileged.

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