College tuition costs: Hold 'em down or else, Obama says
"I'm telling Congress we should steer federal campus-based aid to those colleges that keep tuition affordable, provide good value, serve their students well," Obama said. "We are putting colleges on notice _ you can't keep _ you can't assume that you'll just jack up tuition every single year. ... We should push colleges to do better. "In my opinion, this is tantamount to Federal price controls, and an extension of Federal authorities into the authorities of the States. In short, yet more Federal overreach, of which we have too much already.
You can read the full article at the Christian Science Monitor (registration is not required, but you have to answer a question or "Like" it for Facebook), but here's the closing paragraph:
"I have a lot of student loans, and I would have like to hear more about where he's going to get the money for these programs," said Weber. "It's pretty scary, but the university here does a pretty good job of offering grants and aid. This might end up being more of a financial burden on all students."It's good to know that some (if not many) young people are thinking for themselves.
