NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

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The free college tuition train keeps on rolling along. In the past few weeks, four more prominent colleges and universities — the University of Utah, Smith College, Bryn Mawr College and the Stevens ...

After adjusting for inflation, the average net costs of college tuition at public institutions has decreased over the past decade. While news accounts often attribute a recent decline in American’s ...