Tuition inflation slows down.

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This year, for the second in a row, the average annual tuition increase at public colleges shrank from the year before. At public four-year colleges, tuition for 2005-06 rose by an average of 4.8 percent when adjusted for inflation. This is down from 7.1 percent last year, according to College Board figures. At private four-year institutions, tuition increased...