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RisingTuitionintheU.S.
EverySpring,U.S.universityadministratorsgathertodiscussthenextacademicyear'sbudget.
Theyconsiderfacultysalaries,utilitycostsfordormitories,newbuildingneedsandrepairstooldones.Theyrunthenumbersandconclude--itseems,inevitably--that,yetagain,thecostoftuitionmustgoup.
AccordingtotheU.S.'sCollegeBoard,thepriceofattendingafour-yearprivateuniversityintheU.S.rose81percentbetween1993and2004.(1)In2005and2006,thenumberscontinuedtorise.
Accordingtouniversityofficials,collegecostincreasesaresimplytheresultofbalancinguniversitycheckbooks."TuitionincreasesatCedarvilleUniversityaredeterminedbyourrevenueneedsforeachyear,"saidtheuniversity'spresident,DrBillBrown."Studenttuitionpaysfor78percentoftheuniversity'soperatingcosts."Brown'sschoolisaprivateuniversitythatenrollsabout3,100undergradsandisconsistentlyrecognizedbyannualcollegerankingguideslikeU.S.News,
andWorldReport'sandThePrincetonReview's.(2)
Tuitionatprivateuniversitiesissetbyadministrationofficialsandthensentforapprovaltotheschool'sboardoftrustees(董事).(3)Thisboardoversees(监管)allofastate'spublicinstitutions.
JohnDurham,assistantsecretarytotheboardoftrusteesatEastCarolinaUniversity(ECU),explainsthatstatelawsaysthatpublicinstitutionsmustmaketheirservicesavailablewheneverpossibletothepeopleofthestateforfree.DurhamsaidthatNorthCarolinaresidentsonlypay22percentofthecostoftheireducation.(4)StateresidentsattendingECUpayaboutU.S.$10,000fortuition,roomandboardbeforefinancialaid.
Amidthenewsaboutcontinuedincreasesincollegecosts,however,thereissomegoodnews.
Tuitionincreaseshavebeenaccompaniedbyroughlyequalincreasesinfinancialaidatalmosteveryuniversity.Toreceivefinancialaid,U.S.studentscompleteaformalapplicationwiththefederalgovernment.Thefederalgovernmentthendecideswhetheranapplicantiseligible(有资格的)forgrantsorloans.(5)
回答(1)题 A.Theapplicationisthensenttothestudent'suniversity,wheretheschoolitselfwilldecidewhetherfreemoneywillbegiventothestudentandhowmuch.
B.Atpublicuniversities,however,tuitionincreasesmustalsobeapprovedbyaStateeducationcommittee,sometimescalledtheboardofgovernors.
C.TheschoolcurrentlychargesU.S.$23,410ayearfortuition.
D.ManyAmericanpeoplearesimplyunabletopaythegrowingcostoffood.
E.That'smorethandoubletherateofinflation.
F.Thestategovernmentcoverstherest.
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