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Education impacts young voters

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By William Marlow and Catherine Wolfe

 

Over the past 20 years, universities' tuition prices have nearly doubled. As prices continuously increase, more college students must seek loans to pay for their education but remain in debt long after graduation. 

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SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

“I’ll go 70,000 grand in debt for (my education), if it means I’ll get what I paid for. My parents started a college fund that will follow me throughout all my efforts in school. They refuse to let me continue to do my schooling without their support. I also have a scholarship so my tuition is half off. At this point, the problem isn’t just the system but the people. It’s the people who are running the system.”

 

-Erika Aho, 20, Montgomery, Art Studio, UAB

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