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• n  a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
  tuition and room and board were more than $25,000
• n  teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

• Faced with rising costs, decreased funding and laws in many states designed to keep public universities from hiking up tuition, many state school systems are making up for budget .
• The California tuition battle continues unabated.
• Fees were up 8% and tuition 6% in 2007-08 compared to the previous year.

• tuition fee
• tutelage
• tutorship

News & Articles

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• NJ considers tuition for those in US illegally
  NJ considers tuition for those in US illegally Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 6:32 am, Saturday, June 15, 2013 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Lawmakers are set to consider a bill Monday that would allow people who are in the country illegally to pay in-state tuition at New Jersey ...
  June 15, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
• Tuition going up at 3 Univ. of Alabama campuses
  Trustees approved tuition hikes Friday for the University of Alabama and its two sister campuses in Birmingham and Huntsville, a decision that will increase costs for nearly 60,000 students this fall. ...
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Alabama trustees considering tuition hike
  Tuition could be going up for the sixth straight year for the three-campus University of Alabama system.
  June 14, 2013 - FOX 6 News Birmingham

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in ABC News (blog)
  I was making the simple point that families use vacation dollars, not college tuition money, to have fun,Obama writes to the Senate Majority Leader. "There is no place better to have fun than Vegas, one of our country's great destinations....
• President Bush in E Canada Now
  Bush spoke during a news conference stating "Many Americans are understandably anxious about issues affecting their pocketbook, from gas and food prices to mortgage and tuition bills. They're looking to their elected leaders in Congress for...
• Charles Grassley in Washington Post
  Tuition has gone up, college presidents' salaries have gone up, and endowments continue to go up and up,said Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), who sent the letter along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.). "We need...