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When college tuition goes up, campus diversity goes down

  • Written by Drew Allen, Executive Director, Initiative for Data Exploration and Analytics for Higher Ed, Princeton University
Tuition hikes can change the racial and ethnic makeup of a college campus.baipooh/shutterstock.com

As college tuition continues to rise at a staggering rate, people tend to worry about how much harder it becomes for students and families to pay for college.

As researchers who focus on higher education, we found a different reason to worry.

We...

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