May 23, 2011
State Colleges and Universities
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system celebrates its 100,000th online student.
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Tuition
Here is a brief example of tuition increases over the long term.
. . . In the past 30 years, the average cost of tuition and fees at an Iowa public university has jumped 707 percent, more than four times the rate of inflation. College costs have increased each of the past 30 years for students and their families. . .
Meanwhile, federal minimum wage increased only 140 percent during the same period.