Tuition
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"This is really pricing students away
from an education," she said, adding
that studies have shown that high ed
ucation costs force students to drop
out because they cannot afford
school. She said for every $ 100 in
crease in tuition, 0.7 percent of Uni
versity students are forced to quit.
Unger noted that changes to tuition
plateaus will also alter the college ex
perience. The plateaus allow students
to take a broad spectrum of classes,
but if they are eliminated, students
will only take the bare minimum of
classes to graduate, she said.
"They are going to have to pay for
any extra credit they take ..." Unger
said. "I think that's changing what
the university environment is sup
posed to be."
OSA is taking a group of about 10
to 20 students to the meeting, and
OSA Executive Director Maddy
Melton, also ASUO president, will
speak on behalf of students. Repre
sentatives from other OUS schools
will give testimonials on the
changes' impacts at their individual
campuses, as well.
While OUS universities originally
hoped to institute changes in the
fall, modifications have now likely
been pushed to winter term because
of an uproar about students not be
ing adequately informed of poten
tial changes before they left for sum
mer vacation. Kjos said the decision
to wait until winter was a victory for
all students.
"Students need to be involved on
decisions that affect their tuition,"
Kjos said.
They will make any
drastic move to make
students think we need
tuition hikes. In reality,
we don't."
Gabe Kjos
ASUO legislative associate
Administrators have stated the finan
cial crisis has left them with few op
tions, and they may have to cut classes if
they do not receive the extra revenue
from the proposed tuition increases.
"1 believe the fact that the adminis
tration is saying classes will be cut is a
scare tactic," Kjos said. He said the
University has a lot at stake in trim
ming classes because that could affect
the school's reputation and ranking
among other colleges.
"They will make any drastic move
to make students think we need tu
ition hikes," Kjos said. "In reality,
we don't."
Some students say they definitely
don't need extra dollars tacked on their
tuition bills. Sophomore Ashly Barth
said the potential tuition increases, cou
pled with the knowledge that classes
may be cut, was frustrating. She said it
seemed like tuition is increasing while
financial aid is decreasing.
"The tuition surcharges last year
were bad enough," she said. "1 still
owe money for that."
Senior Chris Holman has similar
sentiments.
"Obviously, I don't like having to
pay more money," he said. Holman
added, however, that in some ways
the increases were understandable be
cause the state itself has no money. He
said it was encouraging to see the Uni
versity was taking steps to help by of
fering discounted classes at certain
times of the day.
A student presence at Friday's board
meeting signals only a part of efforts
to stall tuition hikes. Kjos said stu
dents have also sent letters to state leg
islators and OUS, and testified in
public hearings.
"We've been fighting and we'll con
tinue to fight for students," Kjos said.
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