NYT Says College Costs Have Not Grown

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<p>And, they use Amherst as its prime example:</p>

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Full-price students tend to come from families making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Most of those families have done quite nicely in recent decades, and they can afford Amherst. For everyone else, Amherst has cut its price.
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<p>Is this true? Or, has Leonhardt drunk the purple kool-aid? Any parents making $150K a year care to weigh in?</p>

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<p>That’s probably true for elite schools like Amherst that have exceptional FA. Not so much for average private Us.</p>

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<p>Even amongst elite schools, Amherst stands out for all the money it spends on FA.</p>