The New ‘New Normal’ — by Kevin Kiley
Excerpt:
Mandatory tuition and fees at the University of California system have about doubled since 2007, but this year, if the state’s governor has his way, they will stay flat.
And the University of California is far from alone. Purdue University is freezing tuition for the first time since 1976. Iowa’s three universities will also probably hold tuition prices constant for the first time in more than 30 years.
From DSC:
Institutions of higher education seem to have been priding themselves on smaller tuition increases these last few years — while I’ve been disappointed that they rose at all! In fact it should have gone in the other direction — i.e. price decreases. Time will tell whether it’s too little too late; but tuition freezes may not prevent the alternatives from taking over now.