There are many ways to approach the issue of rising tuition costs. For example, it could be asked whether it is fair to ask students to be among the many contributors to the cost of a university's research program. It could be asked whether making it harder for lower income students to attend university is in the best interests of society (or even of the university itself). But I wonder whether the real story here isn't that universities' priorities are simply misplaced. "Among the factors that had sent public universities' costs spiraling upward, he said, were bidding wars for the best students and faculty members and ambitious plans to open research centers with marginal educational value. 'Everyone wants to be Harvard or Berkeley or Michigan,' Mr. Callan said. 'It's very expensive.'"CRLFCRLF
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