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Professor Schumer's Motive

Submitted by Gary Chun, Nov 21, 2006 11:25

Cutting federal funding is the only way to decrease tuition. Thank God I went to college decades ago, when tuition was $50 a semester and books were around $120 a semester. I was able to work during the summer to make enough money to pay for my whole school bills and gas.


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