21.   McGreevey ordered across-the-board spending cuts and reduced funding to state colleges, all but assuring tuition increases next year.

22.   NAU President Clara Lovett met with a reporter from the Lumberjack, and the student newspaper printed a story about the tuition increase the day before the hearing.

23.   One result is that there will be no tuition increases at the State University and the City University of New York, officials said.

24.   Parental resistance has forced colleges to look for ways to hold the line on tuition increases.

25.   Rather, they will allow the education school to rely less on tuition increases to fund core programs in education, they said.

26.   Schools were able to build new buildings, hand out more financial aid, and hold the line on tuition increases.

27.   The administration also proposes letting aid increases lag a year behind tuition increases, further pressing poor families.

28.   The cost of higher education has been a growing topic of concern nationally as tuition increases have far outstripped inflation and average family income.

29.   The hefty tuition increases at private campuses come as many state legislatures have cut budgets for public universities, causing double-digit tuition increases.

30.   The gap has grown markedly over the past two decades, reflecting the burden of huge tuition increases on those who can least afford them.