Experts tend to agree that for the average student, college is still worth it today, but they also agree that the rapid increase in price is eating up more and more of the potential return.

专家们基本同意，对于现在的普通学生来说，上大学仍然是值得的，但他们也认同，学费的快速上涨正在吞噬越来越多的潜在收益。

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In a nod to such pressures, Microsoft cut the price of its Office 2007 Home and Student Edition to 199 yuan last year from 699 yuan.

考虑到这些压力，微软去年将Office2007家庭版和学生版的价格从699元降为199元。

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Ponders: graduate student's three years graduate the work for three years with the undergraduate student, the middle price difference is how many.

细想一下：研究生的三年和本科生毕业工作的三年，中间的差价是多少。

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But in the world of class actions, the arbitrage between the price of a desperate lawyer loaded down with student loans and his supposed market value can make for a hugely profitable opportunity.

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The monetary story here is that shadow price of cash rises in between student loan disbursements.

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No better than to hear it directly from the man at the top, and one who leads a team at Penn that, like a few other institutions, are leading the way to greater access and affordability to provide kids a great education at a fair price, without the onerous burden of thousands of dollars in student loans.

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