30 avril 2013
Colleges keep eyes on tuition
By Stephanie Wang. Purdue's 2-year freeze puts pressure on other state schools to hold the line on future increases. The announcement pleased lawmakers as they drafted budgets. It enthused state officials as they set lofty goals to better educate Hoosiers. It excited students and families as they mulled college costs and scholarship offers.
Across Indiana and the nation, many agree that Purdue University’s recent decision to freeze tuition for two years at its main campus can’t be ignored by other schools — even as other state universities, including Indiana University, hint that they won’t exactly follow that lead.
“Everybody seems to want to think, well, Purdue did something, so IU needs to respond,” IU spokesman Mark Land said. “We’re not going to feel like we’re pressured toward anything by anybody else’s actions.”
There are other approaches to college affordability already in place at IU and Ball State University, where on-time graduation is financially rewarded. Read more...
Across Indiana and the nation, many agree that Purdue University’s recent decision to freeze tuition for two years at its main campus can’t be ignored by other schools — even as other state universities, including Indiana University, hint that they won’t exactly follow that lead.
“Everybody seems to want to think, well, Purdue did something, so IU needs to respond,” IU spokesman Mark Land said. “We’re not going to feel like we’re pressured toward anything by anybody else’s actions.”
There are other approaches to college affordability already in place at IU and Ball State University, where on-time graduation is financially rewarded. Read more...