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Net price calculators were supposed to make it easier to understand the cost of college – instead, many are making it more difficult

  • Written by Laura Perna, Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
Net price calculators were supposed to make it easier to understand the cost of college – instead, many are making it more difficultNew research uncovers problems with a 'calculator' that colleges must put online to make it easier for prospective students to understand the cost of college.Tina Gutierrez from www.shutterstock.com

Ever since 2011, colleges that get federal student aid have been required to post net price calculators on their websites. These calculators are...

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