May 20, 2005

Push for Tuition Predictability

By SARA HEBEL

States weigh plans to set rates more rationally, but skeptics worry that the changes would only increase students' financial burden

Year after year, Steve Munch has watched his tuition bill at the University of Kansas increase by double-digit percentages. He wants state policy makers to do something about it.

But Mr. Munch is not clamoring for lower rates. Instead, he is pressing for predictability -- a goal increasingly being trumpeted by state and college leaders across

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