Education Department’s Annual Digest of Statistics

Everything you could ever want to know about education in America (this year):

The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics released today its “Digest of Education Statistics, 2008” — an annual compilation of data on American education from prekindergarten through college.

One statistic included in the report is the change in tuition from 1997-98 through 2007-8. When adjusted for inflation, tuition at private colleges increased 23 percent in that decade, while it grew 30 percent at public institutions.

And that was before the economic crisis kicked into high gear!