In this editorial, the Free Press calls the recently announced tuition increases at universities in Michigan "an enormous contradiction between what Michigan says it needs - a better educated workforce - and the opportunities being offered to its young people, especially those from lower- and middle-income families." The newspaper calls for an increase in federal Pell grants, renewing and increasing the expired federal tax deduction for college tuition, directing more high school graduates to community colleges, and an increase in tuition endowments at universities.