The Rising Cost of Education

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CHAPTER ONE SURGING TUITION On November 12 2015 thousands of frustrated students flooded the sidewalks at colleges across the United States Chants and signs filled the air as the students marched through their campuses Stop Increasing the Price of My Dream one student's sign read A New Jersey student's sign called for More Skills Less Bills In Utah Education Shouldn't be a Debt Sentence Students at Austin's University of Texas intoned Education should be free No more debt for you and me In Philadelphia a drum line joined the chorus of student voices as megaphone wielding protesters led chants of Hey hey Ho ho Student debt has got to go At campus after campus the rallies all bore the same message Million Student Marchers hailed from community colleges public universities private colleges and for profit institutions