Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Cost of Success: Tuition Increases

Currently the Student Freedom Project is undergoing an in depth research and report of where your tuition money and students fee's are spent.  As our governor said after the last election she has no idea how to fix the budget problem we have in our state. One place the law makers normally turn is higher education. The goal of the report is to give students a clear view of where their money is going and what their money really gets them in higher education.

"Desperation in the mother of all invention" and with our economy in the shape it is, it will fall upon our generation to find some of the solutions. We are focusing on the UW and WSU in our research to see what our biggest institutions are doing with the tax payers money and the students. Look for more up to date information on the research on our new higher education tab. If we want to lower our tuition costs we will have to find a creative solution for our states problem. 

2 comments:

  1. "In higher education, tuition would jump by more than 22 percent over the next two years at the University of Washington, Washington State University and Western Washington University. The other institutions would see double-digit increases as well."- Governor Gregoire

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  2. an 11% increase which is half of the overall comes out to about $1000 per year if the student brunt the majority of the spending increases.

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