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Ron Johnson: “Cost of one year college has increased somewhere two and a…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson's full remarks at HSGAC hearing on education and student achievement

Published | Video Starts at 24:54

Mr. Secretary, let's start right with affordability because I think it's a huge that is the problem. Again, I've seen different numbers pointing at the fact that Cost of one year college has increased somewhere two and a half to 2.8 times rate of inflation from the 60s, the 70s till present day. Is that in line with what you see as well, I mean those pretty accurate figures? So we think that yes is the short answer. (24:54–25:02)

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Asserts that college costs have increased significantly more than inflation since the 1960s and 1970s.

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