The Cost of Higher Education
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2008-02-28/cost-higher-education
Over the past twenty years, the cost of a college education has outpaced the rate of inflation. Despite efforts by Harvard, Yale and a few other schools to offset set spiraling tuitions, many students graduate from college with huge debts. A look at the cost of a college degree and what some are doing to make higher education more affordable.
Guests
Tom Ross
President, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
Richard Vedder
Visiting scholar at A.E.I. and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. He's also a professor of economics at Ohio State University and author of �Going Broke By Degree � Why College Costs Too Much.�
Terry Hartle
Senior Vice President, American Council on Education, a trade association representing roughly 2000 2-year and 4-year public and private universities.
Scott Jaschik
editor, Inside Higher Ed
Karen Gualtieri
Dean of Enrollment Management for Rockland Community College, part of the State University of New York
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