Thursday
May232013

CINCINNAT ENQUIRER: DON"T LINK TUITION, VOTING

It’s heartening to see that, even in our deeply divided electorate, lawmakers can still come together to reject a really bad idea.

The idea in this case is a proposal to charge in-state tuition to out-of-state students at Ohio universities who receive college documentation to vote here. If passed, the measure could cost universities in the state an estimated $270 million a year in tuition – including around $65.2 million at Miami University and $41.7 million at the University of Cincinnati.

READ THE FULL EDITORIAL IN THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

Wednesday
May222013

FOR UTAH COLLEGE PRESIDENTS, RAISE IN PAY, IRE?

Utah public college presidents would get raises of up to 24 percent in July under a plan approved by the Utah Board of Regents.

The extra money is designed to bring relatively low Utah salaries closer to rates at similar schools, a move Utah Commissioner of Higher Education David Buhler said is necessary to attract the best leaders.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Tuesday
May212013

TWO-YEAR TUITION FREEZE FOR UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUR-YEAR CAMPUSES

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to freeze student tuition at University of Wisconsin System campuses for the next two years would mark the first two-year tuition freeze for the four-year campuses in the 42-year history of the UW System.

The last time students at the 13 four-year public universities saw a tuition freeze was more than 10 years ago, in the 2000-'01 academic year.

READ THE ENTIRE STORY IN THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL