Friday, March 28, 2008
According to, The Fort Worth’s Star Telegram’s website students in 2008 will incur yet another raise in tuition and fees cost starting the fall of 2008 and continue over the next 2 years. The increases will be set aside for fees, like transportation, athletics, and upgrades on buildings. The average increase for Texas public university will increase from 4 to 13 percent. As a student myself, I find this disheartening. School now is already expensive and adding to bill is not something I want to look forward to in the fall. Though it looks like UT Austin will be upholding the cap that was set back in 2003 and not increasing at this time, I do feel that by fall 2009 we will incur yet another hefty hike. I know that prices are rising everywhere. I see it every time I go to fill gas up in my car, and buy groceries. I am a older second time student and it is strange for me to see how prices have changed over the past ten years. I know understand where the older people were coming from when they would say, “Remember when gas was 15 cents?” I can remember when gas was 89 cents a gallon. Now we are over three times that most everywhere. Education is very important and a necessity there is no arguing with that. But how much am I willing to pay to obtain that document that will give me the job that I want? I want to be an elementary public school teacher and I am aware that this position is not a cash cow money maker; I just want to make a difference. So if the school needs money for more athletic equipment then I will pay the price. I just hope that I can hurry and finish my degree before I accrue a hefty school loan bill that I won’t be able to pay on my teaching salary.
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I feel the same way about the tuition and fee cost being raised. I am going to most likely go through this whole process. I'm sure this will effect many future and current students. I think this is the wrong time to raise the prices in tuitions and fee cost since everything is raising their prices especially gas prices.
I couldn't agree more with the fact that tuition for Texas public schools and universities should be lowered. Having attended a public university in San Antonio for 2 years, I've witnessed plenty to justify my belief in that. For one, I lived on campus the first year, and that in itself was outrageous as far as pricing goes. I had 3 roommates and each of us paid 500 a month. Then, there's parking permits. I had to have one for parking in my own parking lot, $200, and another if I wanted to park on campus, $200. Not to mention the tickets for not having a parking permit were 150 each! This is nothing compared to University of Texas at Austin parking prices. I'm not even going to get started on textbooks. These are all things I would have included in criticizing a Texas state of local law.
Another thing I noticed when reading this commentary was that there was nothing that stated what could or could not be done to make it right, or why it was wrong, and how unfair the law was. If I was writing on behalf of this law, I would have stated how over-crowded these Universities are. Meaning = the more students, the higher tuition is. On behalf of the top ten percent rule, and other easy admission requirements for these state colleges and universities, almost anyone can get in... and how many of them actually stay past their freshman year?! I think in order to decrease tuition prices, these schools need limits on those they can admitt.
In conclusion, I couldn't agree more with the writer's opinion on this commentary, but as far as critical writing goes, I would have liked to hear her thoughts and ways on how to change or cut costs. I for one believe that will all of the things the government is responsible for, educating it's citizens should be of the most important things. There should be a reasonable and fair price for tuition, along with fair admission requirements.
This is a very good point to discuss. Those who are trying to become more educated seem to be paying the price to attain this goal. Many of those who seek a higher education will be those very individuals who will be asked to lead this great state, and nation back to the forefront of global leadership. On the other side we must consider those less fortunate, who cannot afford an education, and the brilliant minds which may never be nurtured, because of the ever increasing costs of tuition.
I, as well, am a returning (older, to be honest) student, and I have seen the costs of education and oil steadily increase, and I have no doubt that when Americans become less reliant on fossil fuels and more reliant on the brilliant minds of our people, then we will discover a way to change the world through inexpensive education.
I completely agree with Anna and her blog pertaining to the seemingly never-ending rise of college tuition. Students are paying incredible amounts to achieve their main goal- to graduate from college. The drawback is that most students are going to be paying off loans for practically the first half of their career. It is scary because tuition is only going to continue to rise, which brings your future children's tuition in to mind. Once you've finally paid all of your college loans off, you then have to start working on finding a way to pay for your kid's! By that time who knows what schools will be asking.
Even though the payments are benefiting the institution, schools are still asking too much. It's discouraging to students and is one of the main reasons they can't obtain a degree.
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