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Cornell Experts Discuss Colleges’ Responsibilities During Hard Times

When Cornell University professors, trustees, and alumni got together last week to consider whether rising costs threaten the notion that higher education can help anyone in America succeed, the event’s location offered a taste of irony: It was held at the Cornell Club, an exclusive midtown haunt where you need a membership number just to buy a beer in the wood-paneled lounge near the front door.