{
  "id": 7105298,
  "title": "A $100,000 sticker price says very little about the real cost — and value — of college",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/a-100-000-sticker-price-says-very-little-about-the-real-cost-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/education/6084870-higher-education-sticker-price-myth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We should worry less about elite schools, where high tuition is paired with ample financial aid, high graduation rates and strong employment outcomes, and more about colleges with woefully low completion rates.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}