It is very possible to bring down the cost of higher education in the USA. It is easy to track the ridiculous increases in tuition for the past two decades. Every time there was an increase in lending and grant amounts by the federal government, universities and colleges increased their tuition.

The reason Pell Grants were increased was to keep up with cost of books and housing, but, the final translation resulted in an increase in tuition. That increase would result in more increases in the student loan limit which would result in more tuition increases. The past two decades are the most exploitive cost based tuition in the history of the country. 

Additionally, public institutions were targeted by the construction lobby and then college fees would increase for the new building that was just erected. The entire paradyme of tuition cost increases can be tracked directly with federal monies for student loans and grants. It was ridiculous to see Congress act like an economic lap dog to the dynamics of higher education in the country.

There is no reason why spending limit increases for colleges can’t be applied to tuition, housing and fees for universities and colleges accepting loans and grants and COSTS drastically reduced.

To say there can be no or will be no improvement to the cost of higher education is to pander to those that have no plans for education but to privatize it and put it out of reach of most Americans.

The only exception to that was California that does back flips to maintain reasonable tuition costs for students and families.