Dealing with Affordability Thoughts for the Affordability Task Force Future of Higher Education Commission

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  • Richard Vedder
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Are American universities becoming less affordable, and, if so, what should we do about it? Before even attempting to answer those questions, we must ask the question: affordable for whom? The students (and their parents) who are attending college? For the nation as a whole? For the colleges and universities themselves – are some forms of education more “affordable” to the institutions than others?

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تاریخ انتشار 2005