OSU students told to take a hike
A tuition hike, that is.
The Oregon Board of Higher Education just approved tuition increases for all seven public universities in the state, averaging 3% for each. Oregon State University students will see an increase of 4% in tuition and fees for the 2006-2007 school year, bringing the estimated tuition and fees to $5,643 for a typical student taking 12 units per quarter.
Interestingly enough (to me anyway), that figure is $6 more than I paid for out-of-state tuition when I first came to Corvallis to attend OSU in 1990. Tuition for Oregon residents that year was a mere $1,878. In a mere 16 years, tuition has tripled, which explains why the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gave Oregon an F grade in higher education affordability.
Meanwhile, thanks to Oregon's unique "kicker" law, the state government will soon be mailing over $1 billion back to Oregon taxpayers. We are an extremely anti-tax state, and now our children are going to pay for it instead. Or they can just keep working for McDonald's. Nice priorities, folks!
The Oregon Board of Higher Education just approved tuition increases for all seven public universities in the state, averaging 3% for each. Oregon State University students will see an increase of 4% in tuition and fees for the 2006-2007 school year, bringing the estimated tuition and fees to $5,643 for a typical student taking 12 units per quarter.
Interestingly enough (to me anyway), that figure is $6 more than I paid for out-of-state tuition when I first came to Corvallis to attend OSU in 1990. Tuition for Oregon residents that year was a mere $1,878. In a mere 16 years, tuition has tripled, which explains why the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gave Oregon an F grade in higher education affordability.
Meanwhile, thanks to Oregon's unique "kicker" law, the state government will soon be mailing over $1 billion back to Oregon taxpayers. We are an extremely anti-tax state, and now our children are going to pay for it instead. Or they can just keep working for McDonald's. Nice priorities, folks!
posted by Corvallist at
8:38 PM
3 Comments:
Glad to be out of academia, finally.
School was expensive, and still is each month I get the bill.
By
crallspace, at 9:56 AM
And OSU graduate students need
a raise!
By
Anonymous, at 2:57 PM
I guess in terms of affordability, its crowded at the bottom of the national report card for affordability:
B - California
C - Minnesota, Utah
D - Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
F - Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming
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Anonymous, at 9:22 AM
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