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Rising costs could push college out of reach

The cost of attending college has risen nearly three times the rate of the cost of living, and could eventually put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to a National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education report released Wednesday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=FKcXVSnO"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Y1NorU71"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?d=50" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=XxdyRafq"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=XxdyRafq" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=eYV96woM"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?d=52" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=YjCFVUmm"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=YjCFVUmm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/XDXAMbhiudQ" height="1" width="1"/>