Buying Tuition Online Steve Tripoli from member station WBUR in Boston reports on a new frontier of e-commerce: bidding for tuition online. Like web sites that offer bargain fares for airline tickets, collegegoers can send an online bid for the price they can afford to pay.

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Buying Tuition Online

November 7, 199912:00 AM ET

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Buying Tuition Online

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Steve Tripoli from member station WBUR in Boston reports on a new frontier of e-commerce: bidding for tuition online. Like web sites that offer bargain fares for airline tickets, collegegoers can send an online bid for the price they can afford to pay.