Why are state colleges and universities facing a tuition conundrum?”
Higher education is getting less, not more public financial support. That’s astonishing, in a country that knows the jobs of the future will require more knowledge and technical talent. President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union address, promised to add mini-funding to some programs affecting higher ed. But that doesn’t begin to offset the losses students face in the value of their federal financial aid. Nor does it make up for the big budget cuts that many struggling states have forced on public colleges and universities–which, by the way, educate 80 percent of our students. To stay alive, these schools are firing personnel, increasing class size, snuffing courses, limiting enrollment and cutting out some majors. But most of all, they’re hiking their tuition and fees.
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