As governor of Massachusetts, Romney cut the budget of state universities by 14 percent. During his time as governor, community college tuition in Massachusetts was 59 percent above the national average. Average tuition at public four-year schools was 34 percent higher than the national average. During his time as governor, tuition at University of Massachusetts rose 69 percent, 36 percent faster than the national average. According to a faculty member interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Romney and his advisers “simply don’t understand the role of public colleges because they all went to high-priced private schools.”
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