A House subcommittee took a look at the rising cost of college tuition and what higher education institutions are doing to streamline costs and save money.
Chair of the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), said in a statement that the federal government has done all it can to reduce costs and that it is up to the institutions to reduce the burden on students.
According the subcommittee's news release, tuition and fees rose 8.3 percent at public four-year universities in the past year.
Representatives from two universities and two organizations dedicated to education costs testify.