Do you have a solution to rising college costs?
We want to hear from you by November 30
Lumina Foundation is seeking policy papers in response to a "Call for Solutions" that accompanied "Collision Course," the Foundation's most recent policy brief. 

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Rising college costs: 
Devastating impact on low-income families
A single mother in Iowa faces the prospect of heavy debt to ensure her daughter's college education. Cristie Hansen works two jobs to support herself and her daughter, but that income isn't nearly enough to pay for a college education. Cristie doesn't know where she'll find the money to put her daughter through college. The story demonstrates how rising college costs are closing the doors of opportunity for millions of Americans.  More...

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Experts to review college cost solutions
Lumina Foundation has named seven higher education experts to review policy papers that offer thoughtful, workable suggestions that address the problem of spiraling college costs. More...

Contact Dollyne Sherman (dsherman@luminafoundation.org), Director of Communication,
at 317-951-5493 for
more information.

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