Friday, February 22, 2008



Tuition Increase Minimal? Not Everyone is Buying It..

From the Daily:


Bruininks requests $225M from Senate

President Bob Bruininks faced opposition and criticism about the expected tuition hike.


By Hilary Brueck, Jake Grovum


He came to request money from the state, but University President Bob Bruininks instead found himself defending upcoming tuition increases at the Capitol on Thursday.


Following his presentation of the University's capital request, Bruininks and Sen. Claire Robling, R-Jordan, sparred on an expected increase for the 2008-09 school year.


"The headlines scream 7.5 percent and it scares people away from the institution," Robling said. "I don't know how you can get the message out that you are still affordable to an average, middle-income family."


Robling questioned the tuition hike, citing a 13 percent increase in state appropriations to the University last year.



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