As many colleges and higher-education systems across the country consider ways to close their budget gaps, a new report warns that the cost of raising tuition for nonresident students may sometimes be greater than the potential rewards. For example, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education lost 40 percent of its nonresident enrollment after imposing steep increases in tuition from 1990 to 1996, says the report, which was prepared by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York. The report suggests that if SUNY raises nonresident tuition, as it is considering doing, it must be able to set different costs for different campuses.
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2 Responses to Raising Nonresident Tuition Could Have Steep Costs, Report Says
greenhills73 - February 22, 2010 at 2:47 pm
The University of New Mexico offers the Amigo Scholarship, which waives the non-resident portion of tuition for incoming out-of-state freshmen who have the right combination of high school GPA and ACT or SAT score. It is a way to attract high-calibre out-of-state students by essentially giving them in-state tuition, and it helps retain those students because the scholarship is a four-year renewable award. My son received this scholarship back in 1999, and according to UNM’s web site, this scholarship is still available. There must be evidence that this is good for the University when they continue it through the worst economic times.
charlesworth - February 23, 2010 at 12:59 am
The Tuition Task Force was appointed by Provost Benjamin Allen to consider alternative options for charging tuition on a differential basis. http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/clean-whites-review-riskfree-trial-1851428.html