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☆ Why college is getting more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

After adjusting for currency inflation, college tuition has increased 747.8% since 1963, the Education Data Initiative found. But the net price of college — that’s the amount that students and their families are actually shelling out — has been decreasing. The average student at a private four-year college paid $32,800 for tuition and room and board last year. When adjusted for inflation, the actual price paid for private college has dropped by 11% over the past five years, according to College Board data. In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's student debt forgiveness program in Biden v. Nebraska.

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☆ For the first time, a majority of Democrats say the pandemic is over: poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A majority of Democrats now say the pandemic is over. According to a new Gallup online poll, 51% of Democrats agree the pandemic is over in the nation. While 84% of Republicans say the same thing, they crossed the majority threshold in April 2022. Gallup says that 64% of overall Americans agree the pandemic is over, the largest number since it began tracking the question. Last July, only 7% were ready to say the pandemic was over.

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☆ Healthcare, college education, and childcare started getting worse decades ago. Now we're all finally feeling it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Americans are accruing billions in debt to pay for things like education and healthcare. But that would require shifting the idea of childcare, education, and healthcare and thinking of them as public goods — not businesses. That ultimately meant millions in funding for public childcare. "If the US health system was a country, it would be about the fourth-largest country in the world," Cooper said. There's much less government involvement in the US healthcare system than in other countries, Cooper said.

☆ Most Americans don't think life will be better for today's kids
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Americans were asked if they think life will be better for the next generation, and most don't think so. How likely do you think it is that today's youth will have a better life than their parents--very likely, somewhat likely, somewhat unlikely, or very unlikely?" Just 13% said it was very likely, and 29% said it was somewhat likely. Republicans drove the drop in optimism, with just a third saying that they think the next generation will fare better. But Democrats — the majority of whom do think things will get better — still saw their optimism at its lowest-ever.

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