On the Pope Center site today, Jenna Robinson asks readers to weigh in on the proposed tuition hikes for the UNC system this coming academic year.??
While conservatives generally lean toward higher tuition for public universities, there are two reasons to limit increases in this period of austerity. One is that students have been hit hard–tuition went up about 20 percent increase last fall as chancellors took an opportunity to shore up their schools’ bank accounts. The second is, “Why feed the beast?” This is a time to make serious cuts that can improve academic quality; tuition increases reduce the pressure to do that.
But let us know what you think.?
