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Show EDUCATION GOES HIGHER Danger Seen in Rising Fees That great old American institution institu-tion of "working your way through ccllege," which oftentimes is a criti-c; criti-c; 1 ordeal for the serious student, is show'ng signs of vanishing completely, com-pletely, and many young seekers-after-truth soon may find it impossible impos-sible to get through college if they are not blessed with higher-income families to help them out. A director of the 'dice of education educa-tion has expressed tne fear that the rising cost of a college education ; soon would keep large numbers of I able students outside the campus j gates. ElTects of steadily mounting fees i in the country's institutions of I higher learning already would have j serious results for prospective en-rollees, en-rollees, were it not for the help the taxpayer is extending students through the G.I. bill of rights. Recent surveys have proved that universities are depending more and more on etudent fees while they are confronted with rising costs. Fees, which used to account for about one-third of a college's income, now provide more than one-half of the total college educational expenditures. expendi-tures. "The cost of going to college will be too high for many family budgets if student fees continue to go up and if no provision is made for increased in-creased financial support from other sources after the G.I. legis lation expires," declares Dr. John D. Russell, director of the office ol education's higher education division. divi-sion. "More and more this trend will limit college education to children of higher-income families a counter-democratic tendency," he said. The rate of tuition charges to students, stu-dents, not including board and room, has been increasing steadily over a long period, but the rise has been particularly marked since 1939, according to the survey. In publicly controlled colleges and universities, the average tuition fee for residents of the state has increased in-creased 31.4 per cent in the past seven years. |