They estimated that for each $1,000 increase in tuition there was a 3.5 percent decline in six-year graduation rates and 4.5 percent in the four-year rate… But the most important message from this study is that students, no matter what their test scores and grades, should attend the best school they can get into. The authors say these students shouldn’t worry about being what affirmative action proponents call "mismatched." The real danger is being "under-matched." The more selective the school, the better are their chances for success… Lest you think this is just another thumb-sucking study by academics, consider this: According to the Labor Department, workers who graduate from college earned an average of 54 percent more than those who attended college but did not graduate. And that figure lasts a lifetime.

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by Staff, The Long Beach Press-Telegram.

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