College is unaffordable for many Americans – but don’t just blame rising tuition

According to The Conversation, college tuition in America has not significantly risen since nineteen ninety — a finding that challenges the widespread assumption that soaring tuition is the primary driver of the college affordability crisis. Thomas Adam, a political science professor, argues the real obstacles lie elsewhere. If tuition isn't the culprit, what is? That's the question policymakers should be asking.

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