Literature Review Blog #2

1. 

		2003-4 tuition(in-state)	1-year increase
1.	U of California at Los Angeles	$5,298	43.1%
2.	U of California at Santa Barbara	$5,639	41.4%
3.	Arizona State U-West	$3,545	39.8%
4.	U of California at San Diego	$5,508	39.4%
5.	Arizona State U main campus	$3,595	39.1%
6.	Northern Arizona U	$3,595	39.0%
7.	U of Arizona	$3,603	38.9%
8.	U of California at Irvine	$5,615	38.4%
9.	California State Polytechnic U at Pomona	$2,505	38.0%
10.	U of California at Berkeley	$5,250	37.1%

2. FARRELL, ELIZABETH F. "Public-College Tuition Rise Is Largest in 3 Decades." The Chronicle of Higher Education. N.p., 31 Oct. 2003. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

3. The cost of attending college is up 14% from the previous year and it went up at the highest rate in over thirty years. Causes behind the increase in tuition could be linked to states cutting their budgets on higher education. 

4. Elizabeth F. Farrell is a columnist for The Chronicle of Higher Education which is a big-time news source based out of Washington DC. They have both a newspaper and an online website. They have been a finalist for the National Magazine Awards nine times and one of its columnists even was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2005. 

5. There were not many key terms found in the article but the data she provides in the graphs is really interesting because it shows the increase from one year to the next and it was published in 2003 so it should not be too outdated. 

6. "The sticker price of tuition at four-year public colleges surged at its highest rate in three decades in 2003-4, rising 14 percent over the previous year"

"Tuition at public two-year colleges rose by almost 14 percent as well, and the price of attending a private four-year college increased by 6 percent."

"Over the past decade, grant aid has increased by 85 percent in real terms, while education-loan volume has grown by 173 percent. More students are turning to the private sector for additional loans to supplement federal loans."

"This month Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, the California Republican in charge of the principal higher-education subcommittee in the House of Representatives, introduced legislation that would punish colleges that raise their prices too much by cutting off their access to some federal student-aid money."

7. This article is valuable to my research because it introduces a couple interesting points such as the 173% increase in education loans. Also, just the fact that practically 10 years ago the cost of college went up 14% in one year is crazy to think about. I wonder if it is possible to compare these numbers to present-day costs.