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College? Not Unless You're Rich
Marble, Colo.
Liza Featherstone's "Out of Reach: Is College Only for the Rich?" [June 29] spoke to me in a very personal way. I will soon turn 21, but due to illness I have completed only one year's worth of credits for my BA. I will have to spend the next fourteen months working and saving in order to afford to return to college in the fall of 2010. I am so frustrated by my inability to afford higher education, which I believe is a vital part of our democracy and should be accessible to all citizens. Until everyone has access to college, our country will not break down the barrier between the wealthy and the underprivileged.
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