On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do.

Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.

Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general public.

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