May 21, 2004

Not the Right Way to Fix High Tuition Rates

To the Editor:

Ostensibly discussing high tuition rates, Dorothy Blaney proposes solutions that would do nothing to reverse the trend ("Who Should Pay the Bill for a Private Education?," The Chronicle Review, April 2). First, she proposes that aid follow students, not institutions. How would tuition vouchers for students restrain increases? On the contrary, the higher the tuition, the higher the financial need, which is the key criterion for aid programs such as Pell Grants. Private

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