The College of Charleston’s governing board, under pressure from South Carolina political leaders, voted Friday to slash a tuition increase for the spring semester by more than half, from 14.8 percent to 7 percent, The Post and Courier, a local newspaper, reported. Public colleges and universities in the state face a moratorium on construction projects if they raise tuition at rates higher than set amounts: 7 percent for four-year institutions and 6.3 percent for two-year colleges. Several institutions, including Clemson University, some campuses of the University of South Carolina, and the Medical University of South Carolina, have previously rolled back tuition to stay within the limits, but their increases had been far closer to the benchmarks than the College of Charleston’s. The only other institution seeking a similar increase is the Citadel, which raised tuition by 13 percent and has not yet discussed whether to reconsider.
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4 Responses to Under Pressure From State, College of Charleston Slashes Tuition Increase
manitoga - February 24, 2011 at 5:03 pm
What’s the old saying? Measure twice, cut once? I’m sure this applies here.
tatanka - February 24, 2011 at 5:12 pm
This happened recently to a student of mine who had applied for a Fulbright. Several hours after the “Congratulations!” e-mail went out, she received a legalistically worded follow-up, stipulating that the earlier message was to be disregarded, and then adding a saccharine “Please accept our apologies for the momentary joy this error must have caused.” Breath-taking callousness, that.
And your tax dollars working for you. The late great senator would be appalled.
roppenheimer - February 25, 2011 at 8:43 am
Christopher Newport is a UNIVERSITY! Wow, times change. It started, as I remember, as CN College and was kind of an alternative to the Apprentice School at the shipyard. It was in a building across the street from NNHS back then. I have heard that a lot of downtown NN was leveled some time back. I should try to get back there and pay homage to the old “Y” I guess…
As for the admissions gafs, if it weren’t for computers…
11246028 - February 25, 2011 at 2:07 pm
It may have started downtown but as I recall it was across the street from H.L. Ferguson High School. And it may have, like Old Dominion University, been once affiliated with William and Mary.