Parents, politicians and pundits calling for freezing or capping college tuition to control costs, make college more affordable, and reduce the need for student loan debt is not new.

State legislators have often frozen or capped public institution tuition as part of the budget process in response to public pressure. In rare cases, private universities have frozen tuition as an enrollment strategy.

What is new is the federal government's call for institutions of higher education to freeze tuition for five years in exchange for access to certain federal funding, among other requirements. The Trump administration proposed its "compact" to nine schools across the country Oct. 1, but so far none have signed on, The Associated Press has reported. This is a bad bargain. Freezing the major reven

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