Tuition has been a major issue on the UConn-Storrs campus this spring.
Back in February, the university increased its tuition rates after much debate and discussion. Here is what The Daily Campus reported about the change:
In a nearly two-hour meeting, the UConn board of trustees voted for a 5.66 percent tuition increase for the 2011 fiscal year, The increase is .64 percent lower than what was suggested by vice president and chief financial officer, Richard Gray.
However, another layer of the tuition story has begun to unfold. My article on a proposed law to change the way that public universities modify their tuition rates ran in today’s Daily Campus. The raised state senate bill is known as “An Act Concerning Student Tuition At Public Colleges.” A copy of the bill, and its current status, can be found here.
The proposed legislation has recently undergone some changes. Originally, the bill mandated the university’s Board of Trustees to contact the joint standing committee of the General Assembly and provide it with “reasonable” time to comment on proposed changes prior to the board’s vote on tuition matters. The Joint Favorable Substitute now just requires the Board to notify the chairs of the legislative committees prior to a meeting in which the board plans to discuss tuition matters.
The bill affects all state universities in Connecticut including the Connecticut State University System, which is separate from the UConn system, and the community-technical colleges.
Question: what is your opinion on the current way that tuition is changed at Connecticut public universities? Do you think that is effective the way it is, or do you think that the process needs to be modified?
