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  "path": "/opinion-if-higher-education-wants-to-rebuild-public-trust-start-with-making-college-affordable/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T05:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Higher Education",
    "Opinion",
    "Solutions",
    "Career pathways and economic mobility",
    "College to careers",
    "Data and research",
    "Higher education access",
    "Higher education affordability",
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    "OPINION: If higher education wants to rebuild public trust, start with making college affordable",
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  "textContent": "Higher education is under siege, with many students and parents balking at high costs. In a series of op-eds, university leaders lay out their efforts to keep college affordable. This is the first in the series. For many people across the country, paying for college is the largest investment they will ever make. Increasingly, it’s […]\n\nThe post OPINION: If higher education wants to rebuild public trust, start with making college affordable appeared first on The Hechinger Report.",
  "title": "OPINION: If higher education wants to rebuild public trust, start with making college affordable"
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