WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (AP) — The state’s public colleges and universities are promising that tuition increases will be moderate this coming school year, but parents and students are being forced to shoulder more of the cost of construction and maintenance at the schools, already among the most expensive in the nation.

In the absence of dedicated state funding, schools have levied capital fees on their students — some of more than $1,700 annually — that drive up the cost of attending.

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