Tuition rates can be prohibitive. Prospective students know this and plan their academic careers accordingly. What students may not consider, however, are the costs that can keep them from graduating once they’re enrolled: tuition increases. The costs seem to keep rising every semester for students like Rebekah Phillips, a sophomore at San Francisco State University. “My brain didn’t even go there,” Rebekah said as she recalled her college-application experience. “Honestly, the only thing I thought about was getting in.” Now, Rebekah is working two jobs to keep pace with her expenses. She’s not sure how she’ll survive in the fall, when tuition may rise again, by 9.3 percent.

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by Tanya Caldwell, The New York Times.

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