The University Daily Wildcat printed a sharp news article today on the tuition hikes. They also raise very important questions about how the money generated in these hikes will be spent. Interviewees express interest in increased club funding and better activities, but this seems to be the opposite of what the administration is looking to do. From the article:
“However, tuition hikes are nothing new to the UA. Tuition has been on a steady climb: in 2005 tuition and fees totaled $4,087; in 2008 it was $5,531 and next year, should the Regents pass the proposed raise in tuition, $6,257. This will mean since 2005, tuition at UA for an undergraduate will have increased 53 percent.”
“Should the tuition be raised according to Shelton's recommendation, the minimum increase every student at UA can expect will be $659. With the largest class in history, the school will generate at least $25 million in revenue. However, with out-of-state students, graduate students and college of medicine students paying more, that number should be much higher.”
http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2008/11/10/News/Shelton.Proposes.659.InState.Tuition.Hike-3534212.shtml
How will the administration be spending that money? What other kind of business can justify a 53% price increase (well, except for the oil industry) and get away with it?
Write your ASUA president Tommy Bruce, or Provost Hay and ask them!
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