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The Rising Price of a Quality Postsecondary Education: Fact or Fiction? Hearing before the Committee on Education and the Workforce. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session (October 3, 2002).

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Title: The Rising Price of a Quality Postsecondary Education: Fact or Fiction? Hearing before the Committee on Education and the Workforce. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session (October 3, 2002).
Language: English
Authors: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Availability: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Congressional Sales Office, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001. Tel: 202-512-1800; Fax: 202-512-2250. For full text: http://www.bookstore.gop.gov.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 111
Publication Date: 2002
Report Number: House-Hrg-107-83
Document Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
Descriptors: College Students, Fees, Higher Education, Inflation (Economics), Paying for College, Student Costs, Tuition
Geographic Terms: U.S.; District of Columbia
Abstract: A hearing was held to hear testimony on the rising costs of postsecondary education. Since the early 1980s, tuition and fees of postsecondary institutions have outpaced increases in the rate of inflation and family incomes. Every year, these cost hikes have been two to three times the rate of inflation, and the hearing was intended to explore issues associated with the costs of higher education. Following opening statements by Representative John A. Boehner and Representative George Miller, testimony was heard from these witnesses: (1) Robert A. Corrigan, president, San Francisco State University; (2) C. D. Mote, Jr., president, University of Maryland; and (3) Gordon Winston, professor of economics, Williams College. The written statements of these and other representatives and educators are presented in nine appendixes. (SLD)
Journal Code: RIESEP2003
Entry Date: 2003
Accession Number: ED473241
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:A hearing was held to hear testimony on the rising costs of postsecondary education. Since the early 1980s, tuition and fees of postsecondary institutions have outpaced increases in the rate of inflation and family incomes. Every year, these cost hikes have been two to three times the rate of inflation, and the hearing was intended to explore issues associated with the costs of higher education. Following opening statements by Representative John A. Boehner and Representative George Miller, testimony was heard from these witnesses: (1) Robert A. Corrigan, president, San Francisco State University; (2) C. D. Mote, Jr., president, University of Maryland; and (3) Gordon Winston, professor of economics, Williams College. The written statements of these and other representatives and educators are presented in nine appendixes. (SLD)