Word of the Day: Tuition

From the Tucson Citizen on last night's tuition hearing:

"At the hearing, Stephen Bieda III, president of the UA Graduate and Professional Student Council, said regents should consider graduate students' value to the university in setting tuition hikes for graduate students. Bieda said graduate students "contributed to many of the grants and projects" that attracted "more than $530 million in research dollars" in fiscal 2005."

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/102936.php

Also check out the two articles from the University Daily Wildcat, in which student leaders call for predictable and affordable increases in tuition in line with cost-of-living (3% per year).

http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2008/11/18/News/Asa-Asua.United.On.Tuition.Response-3549600.shtml

http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2008/11/18/News/Challenging.Times-3549563.shtml

From the Arizona Daily Star:
Student leaders propose allowing student priorities to determine the way certain money is spent (9%):

"Shelton and Boice spoke critically of the idea of having students control funding, saying that's what administrators are paid to do.
"If I'm not doing a proper job of that, then I should be removed from my job," Shelton said.
The student proposal would require all three universities to show exactly where tuition dollars are spent, Rigazo said.
He said having each university put out a budget, with the state tax dollars and tuition revenues jumbled together, provides little assistance for students to determine if their funds are being properly used. "

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/267690.php

One more: The Daily Wildcat printed an opinion article on the State attempting to take the 'surplus' tuition to pay its debt.

http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2008/11/18/Opinions/Editorial.Regents.Not.Lawmakers.Should.Spend.Tuition.Funds-3549544.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition