Tuition: Things are tough all over
Here, at a glance, is the budg
et pic tun- for public higher ed
ucation in selected states, and
what it will mean as c lasses be
gin tins fall
Al,A H AM A Fcncr-veur col
leges received S54 7 5 million
in 1'»■')() 'll, after (luv (,u\
Mini: ; ut .S.iH million when t,i\
(ollrctinns fi'll Ixilow oxpoctii
lions For luui-qo tho l.ogisln
turf hns iippropriiilud S570 1
million For junior collogos and
loohninul col logos, tho hudgol is
Sl.il ! million comparni with
S12U 11 million last vo.ir I'm
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Feus for out-of-stuto stu
(fonts urn soaring oven faster
in many states. Out-of-state
r.ites .it the University of
New Uampsliire, for exam
ple, will tie Sit,840 this fall,
,t() percent higher than lotto
levels.
Such increases could
thwart campus efforts to di
versify student populations
ethnically and geographical
ly, warns fames Appleherrv,
president of the American
Association of State Colleges
and l Iniversities.
Appleberry and others be
lieve the unusually steep tu
ition increases and lessened
state support aren't just the
passing consequences of .1
recession.
They view them as the lat
est signs of a sea of change
in the way politicians view
public higher education
For the foreseeable future
they predict, governors and
legislators will continue to
shift the cost of public col
lege education onto families,
and mviiv from taxpayers
Compounding the impact
ol rising tuitions are cut
backs III stale-funded college
aid that already are denying
thousands of prospective
students access to puhi ic
campuses
In Indian.i, average slate
aid packages lor needy stu
dents are expected to drop
In about 10 pen cut
In Tennessee, It,700 stu
dents who qualified for state
aid didn't get it last year be
cause money wasn't avail
able This year, an addition
el 1.700 who qualify will lie
denied aid because of budget
cuts
Kven students able to''af
ford school are finding ar
cess a problem in states
where budget cuts are (On
ing campuses to cut pro
grams and classes
The University of Minne
sola is laying off about 500
employees and raising resi
dent undergraduate tuition
by 0 ;l percent to help deal
with appropriations that are
S50 million less than last
year
"Students have no idea
how they're going to afford
to pay lor the ini reuse," said
Stephanie Hanson, chair
woman of the student ser
vices steering committee for
the Minnesota Student Asso
ciation- "Having a dramatic
increase as We are, there ar.
going to lie students who
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Alabama system is up nn aver
age ut 7 pun i'iit
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system's SlliH 1 million budget
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million more than last year
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yersitx of Alaska tuition in
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\KIZt )\A toot u.' higher
ml ur ation appropriation is
Sail million; compared with
S522 million last year State
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mid war reductions seven, of
last 10 years, and officials sa\
there will he fewer and larger
classes In state tuition itu reas
mg by $50, to $1,528 Out-of
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ARKANSAS State higher
education budget tor tout 02
ii[i sharply to S t iH :t million.
compared with $2 18 million
last year Legislature raised cor
porate taxes as part of planned
restructuring of vocational edu
cation Tuition hikes range
trom less than 1 percent at Ar
k. msas State University to It H
percent at North Arkansas
(Community (lot lege
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down t 2 peri cut from 1 ‘too
levels, to S! 0 billion Tuitions
up 20 percent to su m t'niver
sity of California system budget
1 1 pen ent low er than year ear
lier, at S2 1 billion Tuition in
creasing by -10 percent over last
year, to $2,27-1 annually About
l, 000 lecturers and instructors
being laid off
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