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Years of tuition shell games clobber students, families
I should be happy for University of Houston students that President Renu Khator and the UH Board of Regents found a way to hold down costs and avoid a tuition increase next year.
After all, Khator and her leadership team demonstrated exemplary government service. Involving the entire college community, they researched best practices, looked in every nook and cranny and under all the seat cushions for extra dollars to balance the budget. The architecture students conducted a study of space management. Contracts were re-bid and frills were ruthlessly axed.
So, why in the face of such a "good" news story am I feeling grumpy on the subject of college tuition? Because less than 10 years ago, before the Texas Legislature and Gov. Rick Perry decided to deregulate college tuition, UH students were paying nearly half what they are now. In 2003, the cost of a semester ran about $2,077. Now it's $3,855.
State leaders decided to give university regents the authority to raise tuition without permission from the Legislature in 2003 - while at the same time slashing state support to public universities.
After all, Khator and her leadership team demonstrated exemplary government service. Involving the entire college community, they researched best practices, looked in every nook and cranny and under all the seat cushions for extra dollars to balance the budget. The architecture students conducted a study of space management. Contracts were re-bid and frills were ruthlessly axed.
So, why in the face of such a "good" news story am I feeling grumpy on the subject of college tuition? Because less than 10 years ago, before the Texas Legislature and Gov. Rick Perry decided to deregulate college tuition, UH students were paying nearly half what they are now. In 2003, the cost of a semester ran about $2,077. Now it's $3,855.
State leaders decided to give university regents the authority to raise tuition without permission from the Legislature in 2003 - while at the same time slashing state support to public universities.
More at http://www.chron.com/news/kilday-hart/article/Years-of-tuition-shell-games-clobber-students-3457033.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
[font color=green]Similar stories appear from academic institutions throughout the state thanks to the GOP's mismanagement of higher education funding in Texas.[/font]
