Many Americans, especially parents,

Many Americans, especially parents, are concerned about ⑼ the charge of higher education. They feel that rising charges threaten to make higher education inaccessible to many people. ⑽70 percent think that higher education is being priced beyond the income of the average family, as compared to ⑾ only 44 percent who feel that the house is being priced out of reach. // The public is divided on ⑿ whether most qualified and motivated people currently have an opportunity to go to college, with 47 percent saying that there are many who do not have the opportunity. The public is also divided on whether students from low-income families have equal opportunity to get higher education than others. 46 percent give a negative answer. //Despite all of the anxiety, ⒀ Americans seem confident that most of those who are qualified and motivated are currently able to go to college. Parents of high school students are optimistic that their children will be able to get a higher education. Of these parents, nearly all say they will find a way to work out the costs. // Only one fourth of parents of young children are very worried that they won't be able to afford to send their children to college. However, most people agree that if someone really wants to go to college, they can find a way to pay for it, even if they have to go to school and work at the same time.