Below is a list of reading for further information on the costs of Higher Education:
Stephen Burd, Kevin Carey, Jason Delisle, Rachel Fishman, Alex Holt, Amy Laitinen and Clare McCann, Rebalancing Resources and Incentives in Federal Student Aid, New America Foundation, January 2013 http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/rebalancing_resources_and_incentives_in_federal_student_aid#proposal
Andrew Gillen, A Tuition Bubble?: Lessons from the Housing Bubble, Center for College Affordability and Productivity, April 2008 http://www.centerforcollegeaffordability.org/uploads/Bubble_Report_Final.pdf
Robinson and Cheston, Pell Grants: Where Does All the Money Go? The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, June 2012 http://www.popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article.html?id=2704
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