Our third-oldest boy just received scholarship money to play at a small private college in St . Louis but it does not cover as much as most would think considering tuition costs.
In a statement, Richard L. McCormick, the university's president, acknowledged that officials were considering tuition increases, and suggested that the kind of increases cited at the rally would be "too large for our students to bear".
"We considered tuition increases into the double digits," Gilmour told the Free Press.
The review would look at funding for both full-time and part-time students, considering tuition fees and alternatives to them, such as a graduate tax.
"At this point we haven't really considered tuition increases and are doing what we did last year and the year before in trying to make a compelling case for our needs that haven't been met.
Other benefits to consider include tuition reimbursement, flexible schedules and free meals.
If Cal State's 23-campus, 420,000-student system were to consider a tuition hike, the Legislature might be tempted to reduce state support, said spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp.
At the end of the press conference, a woman from Cooper Square Committee yelled out, "Keep Cooper Union tuition free!" The school is considering charging tuition for the first time in its history in light of a growing deficit and not enough donors.
