Research Blog #7: Your Case

The case that I really want to make in my research paper is that tuition for residents and non-residents should be equal. Universities are charging non-residents such high rates to continue funding a school which I find to be unfair. The use of tuition is no longer about helping the school, but has become a political scheme. Universities are very concerned about having the right amount of funding to their school thrive. The quickest and easiest way universities felt they could solve the problem with funding was having non-residents pay a great amount of tuition to even the funding that is needed. Below I will show quotes, videos, and graphs that prove the case the I am making.

“state appropriations and aid account for less than 20 percent of Carolina’s $2.4 billion operating budget.”

“enrollment growth across the UNC system was fully funded, the legislature allocated $60 million for building repair and renovations, and legislatively mandated tuition hikes for out-of-state students were confined to undergraduates.”

“Over the past 30 years, SUNY has charged nonresident students an average of 2.4 times more than resident students”

“with public universities getting less of their funding from the states, it’s hard to argue that their priority should be state residents, according to Dr. Carlos Santiago, chief executive officer of the Hispanic College Fund”

“When schools shift to favor out-of-state students, says Nassirian, it drives the price of education up and makes it difficult for Hispanics, and minorities in general, to gain access to higher education.”

http://www.wbrz.com/videos/southern-drops-out-of-state-tuition/