Many college students depend on grants from the government to pay for their college education. Unfortunately, now more than ever, students are going to depend on those grants, because the Arizona Board of Regents has approved the raise of tuition at ASU, U of A, and NAU. The meeting for this approval took place on April 4, 2013. Regents gathered, and after the vote took place, the choice to spike up tuition was made. The incoming students at Arizona’s three major universities face a tuition rise of 3-5%; depending on which university they will attend (Associated Press). University students are not alone; students who attend any of the Maricopa Community Colleges will also deal with higher tuition, due to the lack of state funding. Many will blame the regents for making such an insensitive decision; however, they did what was best for the colleges. Regardless of the state cutting funds to the colleges, the schools still need those dollars for their facilities and programs. It is a necessary step that is needed for the schools to function properly. Increases to tuition rates for Arizona’s university and community college may cause burdens, but there are multiple benefits that are often overlooked.
One of the burdens for students will be the extra fee they will pay towards tuition.
NAU is facing the largest increase with a 5% incline to tuition rates (Medeiros). While students at U of A are looking at an extra $356 dollars to their tuition, racking their semester fees up to $10,391 (Alaimo). The tuition increase has also caused ASU to reach the $10,000 range for its students (Medeiros). Since the schools would normally receive more funding from the state, extra charges are be added to make up the slack. While it might c...
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As colleges’ funds dry up, colleges must turn to the public to further support higher education. By raising state taxes, colleges can collect funds to help improve the school’s budgets. The state provides funds from the taxes for colleges to receive a certain amount for each student currently enrolled. All community and traditional four year colleges collect these funds in order to maintain the school’s budget. As reporter, Eric Kelderman states, “less than a third of colleges’ budget is based from state taxes”. The school’s budget is how colleges are able to provide academic support programs, an affordable intuition, and hire more counselors. Colleges must now depend on state taxes more than ever for public colleges. Without collecting more funds from state taxes, as author, Scott Carlson explains how Mr. Poshard explains to senators “our public universities are moving quickly toward becoming private universities…affordable only to those who have the economic wherewithal to them” (qtd. in.) Public colleges must be affordable to anyone who wishes to attend. If colleges lack to provide this to students, it can affect dropouts, a student’s ability focus, and cause stress. The problem of lack of funding is that colleges have insufficient funds. Therefore, the best possible solution for the problem of lack of funding would be increasing and collecting more funds from state taxes.