Higher education tuition continues to inflate - Lyle Moran, Daily Free Press

Announcements of rising tuition rates have become a rite of passage every spring at colleges and universities across the country. Tuition at Boston University jumped from $36,540 to $37,910, an increase of $1,370, for the 2009-10 academic year. The change in tuition represented a 3.75 percent increase over the previous academic year. BU was not alone in raising tuition. Private not-for-profit universities in the U.S. raised their tuition an average of 4.4 percent in constant dollars according to the College Board’s “Trends in College Pricing” report released on October 20.