College Costs Jumped $1,000 in 2009

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brittneena of HI 10:10AM March 26, 2010

Wow, what an example of poor grammar and of obfuscation on the part of the two that commented above.

In a two page article I think that a reasonably good job was done to explain what it costs to go to college at the various types of institutions and what the change has been from a year ago.

Kept in context, I think this is a commendable article.

Dan of CO 1:46PM October 26, 2009

The notion that a public option for health insurance is at best a joke.At best there will be mismanagement,corruption and incompetence.Lookm how the government has taken care of it's verteran''s and people trying to obtain social security disability benefits.I can tell you they get a grade of F.Why make a bad situation worse.Nancy Pelosimis delisional if she thinks she is acting in the best interest of the country.Guess who will pay for the incompetence?John Q. Taxpayer.That's you and me.

N/A of AR 6:00PM October 23, 2009

Another unhelpful, uninformative and badly written piece comparing apples and oranges. It certainly could not have taken much effort to include the TOTAL increase in costs in 2009, instead of unhelpfully pointing out that they increase an AVERAGE of $1,000.

To then include the gratuitously irrelevant statement that “on the bright side, scholarships totaling an estimated $71.2 billion were handed out last year” is offensive because it does nothing to inform readers of how this compares to the TOTAL COST of college. Nor does it state if this is an increase or decrease in the amount of scholarships compared to the previous year. It is comparing apples and oranges.

Somehow, I doubt that the total amount of scholarships awarded rose as much as the total cost of college. A professional writer would have provided this information.

Barbara of MO 12:17AM October 22, 2009

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