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COLLEGE TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID
INCREASE
After slowing for most of the 1990's college tuition increased this year according to the College Board's Annual survey of college costs. The American Council of Education said big increases in energy and health costs were responsible for the change. Tuition at four year public colleges rose an average of 4.4 percent for the 2000 school year. The College Board reported that in-state tuition and fees at public schools this fall averaged $3,510. Room and board averaged $4,960. At private four-year colleges, tuition and fees averaged $16,332; room and board was $6,209. In addition to paying higher tuition, students this year received a record $68 billion in financial aid, with just over half coming in the form of federal student loans.
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TEEN CHARACTER STUDY
RAISES CONCERN
Seven in ten students surveyed admitted cheating on a test at least once in the past year and nearly half said they had done so more than once, according to a study by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics. 78 percent said they had lied to a teacher and more than one in four said they would lie to get a job. Nearly one in six students said they had shown up for class drunk at least once in the past year. 68 percent admitted they hit someone because they were angry. 47 percent said they could get a gun if they wanted to.
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Last Fall, 49.4 percent of all first-time Freshmen at Tennessee's state schools took one or more remedial or developmental courses. At community colleges, 72.1 percent of first-time Freshmen needed remedial or developmental work. In recent years, bills introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly have tried to make school districts pay colleges for every graduate from their high schools who needs to take such courses.
The Tennessean, "Remedial-Class Cuts Could Trim University Rolls", July 23, 2001
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