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Tuition increases. that has to happen. we've got to work on that. [applause] >> we also need to take greater initiative not only to help more students enter college, we've got to make sure that we see more students successfully earn a college degree. but what we've done over the past year represents enormous progress. so i'll close by saying this. for a long time, our student loan system has worked for banks and financial institutions. today, we're finally making our student loan system work for students and our families. we're also doing something more. from the moment i was sworn into office...

College of agriculture. arizona is considering tuition increases in excess of 30%. georgia educators say funding proposed cuts next year through tuition increases would hike rates 77% a more likely scenario would involve a combination of smaller tuition increases and layoffs of professors and potentially the elimination of entire degree programs. >> what's at stake, of course, is the quality of public education going forward. we have to continue to make it accessible, affordable, and high quality. and it takes money to do that. >> as educators and lawmakers haggle over the budget, students wil...

Make it here now. >> colleges and universities are bracing for cuts of $565 million. lawmakers are legally required to eliminate a 1 billion-dollar deficit. >> we can't borrow money like california, like a bunch of drunken sailors. >> one state senator suggested it was time for parents and students to pony up. >> we're becoming a socialist society when we say that -- that you shouldn't raise tuition at all. >> georgia is among 38 states that have already reduced higher education funding. nevada plans to close its college of agriculture. arizona is considering tuition increases in excess of 30%...

Know, just under $6,000. it comes in right in the middle. you look at wyoming, $3,700 a year. it's still, even with these tuition increases, not such a bad deal. so our bottom line from the fact check desk, still a pretty good deal but that cost advantage is really sort of eroding, obviously, with all of these hikes and the budget problems that california is facing. it's not destined to get better any time soon. >> and it's a sudden hike too, especially as parents and young people are preparing for one set of fees and when they find out, oh, wait a minute, in a few more months it's going to ac...

>> all right, rob, appreciate it. thank you, sir. the high cost of higher education, students and faculty around the country protesting budget cuts and tuition increases. >> if we wait till next year, we are going to be shutting down schools, we are going to be hiking tuition, we're going to be cutting financial aid. >> wow. are we there yet? we will examine how the stimulus is affecting education. we're back in a moment.