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Higher Education Bubble Will Burst

May 5, 2011 /

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Are we stuck in a higher-ed bubble?

Some college insiders are offering persuasive arguments that we are.

Reminiscent of the recent stock market and real estate bubbles, escalating college prices are continuing to reach new heights. According to the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, average tuition in the past 2 ½ decades has risen by 440 percent, which is more than four times the rate of inflation.

By Lynn O’Shaughnessy

Full Story: http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-solution/2011/05/03/higher-education-bubble-will-burst?s_cid=rss:the-college-solution:higher-education-bubble-will-burst