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Feeding frenzy.(Enterprising: business as an act of creation)

The American Enterprise

| March 01, 2004 | Carbone, Leslie | COPYRIGHT 2004 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The cost of a college education continues to climb, despite--or, more likely, because of--skyrocketing subsidies. According to the College Board, tuition and fees for the 2003-04 academic year at private, four-year institutions reached $19,710--up $1,114, or 6 percent, from the previous year. Prices at public, four-year institutions shot up $579, to $4,694--more than 14 percent. By contrast, the overall Consumer Price Index rose by only 2 percent from October 2002 to October 2003.

These most recent increases are part of a decades-long trend, according to a recent report by the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, "The College Cost Crisis." In the ...

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