Who Can Still Afford State U ?

As public colleges spend more and get less from the states, tuition costs are shifting to parents and students–often putting higher education out of reach.

For generations of Americans, public colleges and universities offered an affordable option for earning a college degree. Now, cash-strapped states across the country are cutting funding for colleges and directing scarce resources to primary and secondary schooling, Medicaid and prisons. That is shifting more of the cost of higher education to students and their families.

By SCOTT THURM

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