Recently in the news there have been many articles, such as this one, about the University of California and the 32% tuition increase that they passed recently. After the annoucement there were protests around California as the students were understandably mad at the Universitites for the tuition hike. Many of the students cannot afford the new tuition which is raising over 10,000 annually starting next year. This is a drastic change for many students, and may result in a dropout of many students, who could formerly pay the tuition and were enrolled but now cannot afford the tuition. With almost no financial aid given out to kids outside of California this leads to the UC system elite schools to have either only California kids or very wealthy kids from out of state. This is an absurd amount to raise the tuition suddenly as kids are scrambling to afford the education that was once available to them. As one student said, "Before it was a question of how smart you were. Now, it's do you have enough money to pay for school". What do you think about the education crisis? What do you think the UC schools should do?
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All schools are getting increasingly expensive. I think that UC should follow the lead of many small "division 3 athletics" liberal arts colleges. Many of these schools will offer what they call "100% need based pay." What this means is that when applying for financial aid, the school reviews your family's income, savings and investments. They then make an "offer" as to how much of your tuition they will pay.
ReplyDeleteMost of these schools cost well over $50,000 after room and board. At many, though, students end up paying less than at state schools because they present a lot of need.
The problem with this system is that schools that put a lot of money into recruiting for sports, as UC does, it is hard to afford. Basically I am arguing with your quote. It isn't just about how rich you are, but how good you are at sports. This seems a little odd at an "institution of learning."