Aren’t community colleges supposed to be affordable? Guess not.

Many Illinois community colleges are considering significant tuition increases for the next academic year, raising concerns that more students will be shut out of the easiest, most affordable entry point to higher education. […]

The College of DuPage–the state’s largest single-campus community college, with more than 33,000 students–is considering an increase of as much as $12 per credit hour, as well as a 10 percent increase for the following year. If the measure is approved next week, annual tuition would be roughly $2,610 for a full-time student next year.