The Costs of Higher Ed Part I: Is it Just Me, or Is Tuition Skyrocketing?

Midday on WNYC | May 14, 2018

In the first installment of our series, “The Costs of Higher Ed,” Meredith Kolodner, higher education reporter at The Hechinger Report and Jeffrey J. Selingo, author and editor at large for the Chronicle of Higher Education and contributor to Washington Post, discuss why college tuition is rising and what's being done about it. Listeners, call in with questions about your kid's tuition bill and what it actually pays for!

This segment is guest hosted by Kai Wright. 

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