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Parents whose children are a decade or more from matriculation are already worried that the cost of college may put a degree out of reach.
The UNC Board of Governors on Friday passed President Tom Ross' recommended tuition hike plan that will raise fees by an average of 8.8 percent on UNC System campuses for the 2012-2013 school year.
Parents of Panther Creek High School freshmen are protesting plans to move the students from the school's campus to an office building 20 minutes away.
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