It's surprising, but tuition is only half the story. The cost of everything else for students is going up quickly, including room and board, food, and textbooks

It's surprising, but tuition is only half the story. The cost of everything else for students is going up quickly, including room and board, food, and textbooks. Textbooks particularly have risen much faster than the rate of inflation over the last thirty years. Meanwhile, the wages paid by assistantships and work study programs have barely budged.