Commentary: The costs and benefits of kids in college
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This week, many Minnesota students will head back to school.
Peter Smith and his wife will see two of their kids off to college. Their son will be a freshman at Hamline University in St. Paul this fall, and their daughter will be a junior at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities.
Peter says they expect some big changes when the children leave their Hopkins home.
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