Tuition Crisis? You bet.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
This is the first paragraph of a story appearing on the front page of the Burnington Free Press of 9 September 2008. The writer is Erin Kelly; the copyright is theirs.
The University of Vermont and other public universities feel intense pressure to raise their tuition as they struggle to increase student aid with less government support, university President Daniel Fogel told congressional leaders Monday.
Can you imagine? Dr. Fogel wants to raise tuition fees so more student aid might be available. He wants the university to take more money from students so he can give it back to them. What are tuition fees? It is money taken from students. What is student aid? It is money given to students. Universities feel pressure to take more money from students so they can give more money to students?