In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo people walk by Old Main on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa.

Why Is College so Expensive?

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Melissa Korn, higher education reporter for The Wall Street Journal, breaks down her latest reporting on why colleges charge so much for tuition and what they do with that money.

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