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<p>It is a colder and harder world for them because many colleges jack up the price for the so-called privileged to subsidize those deemed underprivileged and because federal need-based aid has inflated college prices. If college prices were lower across the board and flatter (as a function of family income), fewer young people would be at the mercy of their parents.</p>
<p>I wonder what fraction of parents refuse on principle to help their children at all with college costs. I have complained a lot about college costs, but my wife and I won’t do that.</p>