university south of the border

http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/26/pf/college/college_tuition_cost/index.htm?source=cnn_bin

Stop the tuition madness

Unfortunately, since family incomes have been falling for the last three years, even these lower net prices are taking up a higher percentage of most families' incomes, says Sandy Baum, an economist who is the lead author of the College Board's report.

Low- and middle-income families are getting squeezed because many colleges and states have shifted financial aid dollars into "merit" programs to attract top students more likely to come from higher income families.

While community college tuition posted a sharp 8.7% gain, it's still a bargain: only about $3,000 a year for full-time tuition.

The sticker price of studying and living on campus at the average public university rose 5.4% for in-state students, or about $1,100, to $21,447 this fall, the College Board estimated.

Many campuses, however, had increases that were drastically higher. California State University San Marcos posted the highest percentage increase in the country by raising tuition and fees by 31% to $6,596, according toCollegedata.com.

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D: USA can afford a huge prison system and a giant military machine.

But not affordable decent post-secondary institutions.

Choose your poison.

Here in Canada, on the left we have a c. 2 BILLION dollar gun registry boondoggle.

On the right, the new Harper gov't is revoking that registry- then introducing equally useless and expensive tough-on-crime legislation.

We are choosing poison too.