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[email protected]. cretary of Education: higher education costs not justified WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS)- argued the expense of higher education private research group that studies higher budgets to public higher education: 8.1 u, parents, state legislatures and the does not justify.the return. public education. percent in 1986-1987 compared to the re- al government will spend $124 billion "Th.e American people have made a According to Research AssQCiates head cent peak of 9.2 percent in 1980-1981." higher education this year, or $14,294 tremendous financial commitment to Kent Halstead, it costs public colleges and Education costs per student doubled in each full-time student, the U.S. education," Bennett said of the record universities only four percent more than the last nine years, from $2,554 in lairtJDieDt of Education (DOE) ~ $308 billion the nation will spend on all last year to educate its students, an in 1977-1978 to $5,035 in 1986-1987, while levels of education this year.