State of higher education moving from bad to worse
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Associate Editor
Higher educ ation. like many other
stute-fundod agencies, has «mn belter
days.
Measure 5. I hr property tax-limiting
measure passed in lbtH), has cut the ed
ucation budget drusticully. And tilings
are only getting worse
So fur, tuition has gone up and pro
grams have boon cut at the stair's eight
public colleges and univorsitios In the
next fow years, unless now revenue is
found, more Jolis will l»o lost and tuition
will continue to rise
Numbers and TUimbors and numbers
add up to one thing on which almost ev
eryone can agree Students are getting
short-changed
The 1003-05 budget approved by the
Oregon State Hoard of Higher Education
in July tails for a 30-percent tuition in
crease to he Instituted over the bienni
um.
It will lie implemented at IS percent a
year, beginning in 1003
With all the tuition Increases and sur
t barges lc'-'-d since the passage of
Measure 5, students have seen and will
continue to sett tuition skynxJtot
The board recently approved the tui
tion and foe sc hedule for this academic
year, which includes a t> 7-percent in
crease in the be sc instruction fee
Thu chancellor's office reports that by
students will have seen their tui
tion Increase 77 percent in five years
since 1<t<t0
Creg Parker, the communications di
ns tor for the state system of higher edu
cation. said the increases create many
concerns
People won't Is- able to afford an edu
cation. he said Poor students will lose
their "economic mobility." he said,
while wealthier students will still find a
way to go to school
Moreover. Parker said, if high school
graduates leave the slate In search of a
cheaper education, Oregon taxpayers
will have wasted a valuable resource
that they nurtured
"These taxpayers have payed for 12
years of education." he said "Now
they're exporting these minds to another
state and losing this investment."
In the meantime, legislators are still
searching for a way to get the needed
money And it doesn't look as if they
will find it soon
During the summer, the Oregon
House of Representatives killed a plan
that would have: put a sales tux proposal
before the voters to solve the state's
budget woes.
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