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Economists like to complain that journalists need more econ training -- but then again, we make that claim about everyone! Now, though, I've found proof that a reporter for the Birmingham News wasn't paying attention in his stats class.

From a story about how AL universities have raised tuition substantially in recent years, despite generous increases in state funding, reporter David White gives us the scoop on the numbers behind the story:

Yet median annual tuition this fall will rise 6.5 percent for undergraduate students who are Alabama residents. Equal numbers of universities charged more or less than the median of $5,070, according to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.

So it's "news" that half the schools charged MORE than the median and half charged LESS? Again, sigh!