Cities have bigger budgets and better schools with lower tuition.
Officials said they would lower tuition by an amount proportional to any money received.
The federal law prevents illegal immigrants from getting preferential treatment (lower tuition) that citizens in other states cannot.
While most F-1 students attend private schools, a growing number are choosing public schools, which typically charge lower tuition.
Public two-year colleges -- typically known as community colleges -- generally have much lower tuition than public four-year colleges.
Unfortunately, the disparate popular outcry to lower tuition and school taxes ultimately increases public costs by starving education, destroying purchase efficiency and lining the pockets of the middleman.
Parents have probably heard this: If you have a pretty sharp child, you can use a college's desire to enroll your Einstein to negotiate a lower tuition.
California and Texas got around that by making high school graduation the key criterion for the lower tuition, along with school attendance or residency in those states.
I understand why colleges might want to increase tuition, but they have to realize that if they do, students will choose colleges with lower tuition.
Mr. Levy urged the college to use the $1.2 million increase in the budget to lower tuition instead of paying administrative costs.
At a public university, application and enrollment rates are often a function of the economy as families opt for lower tuition in a recession.
