The rising cost of college tuition translates into many students re-evaluating higher education, their future professional careers as well as other major life decisions. Find out more in our very enlightening infographic on The Surprising Side Effects of Rising College Costs.
So reports http://www.onlinecollege.org in edited excerpts from their original infographic* (which Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com presents below. This paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.)
*http://www.onlinecollege.org/rising-college-costs
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