claim: "between 1982 and 2007 the cost of a college education increased 439 percent."
author: ron wyden
evidence_1: dec 3, 2008 ... over all, the report found, published college tuition and fees increased 439  percent from 1982 to 2007 while median family income rose 147 ...
evidence_2: dec 3, 2008 ... college tuition and fees, adjusted for inflation, rose 439 percent from 1982 to  2007, towering over increases in medical care, housing and food, ...
evidence_3: apr 14, 2011 ... ... for public policy and higher education, tuition and fees for u.s. colleges and  universities increased by 439 percent between 1982 and 2007.
evidence_4: young americans who graduate from high school on time are now more likely to  ... meanwhile, the enrollment of working-age adults in college-level education or  ... to 10th in the percentage who have an associate degree or higher (see figure  4). ... first, college tuition continues to outpace family income and the price of ...
evidence_5: in recent years, the soaring costs of college tuition have angered many students  ... are heading to college, and expect bigger and better resources from schools ....  2008: tuition fees have increased 439% since 1982, while income has only ...  overall, college tuition increased 6% between the academic years 2007 and  2009.