Sentence examples for tuition high from inspiring English sources

"My two-year investigation into the for-profit education sector revealed systemic problems in the industry: high tuition, high dropout rates, lack of support services, deceptive marketing and aggressive student recruiting, and billions of taxpayer dollars squandered on advertising and profits instead of a good education," Harkin said in a statement Wednesday when asked about Grand Canyon.

A reliance on merit aid to attract students also provides a disincentive for colleges to reduce or limit increases in tuition, because it has become the practice to keep tuition high and then negotiate down with each student.

For universities beset by heavy debts, smaller taxpayer subsidies and a cyclical decline in enrolment, online courses mean better tuition, higher graduation rates and lower-cost degrees.

"The athletic department spends $12 million a year and I found it upsetting because it made my tuition higher," she said in an interview.

Research libraries and philosophy departments can't possibly make money; they require subsidies from business schools and biomedical-research labs, but that drives tuition higher than it would be if universities dropped their money-losing functions.

In a May paper, A Chance for Every Child, Romney argued that "flooding colleges with federal dollars only serves to drive tuition higher" and said he would simplify the financial aid system and regulations to encourage competition and reduce costs.

If you're shelling out more for your wardrobe than for your kid's private-school tuition, high-end department stores would like to say a special thanks.

It is a symptom of a vicious cycle: State governments have reduced funding for higher education, which pushes tuition higher.

I completely understand the appeal of the high-tuition, high-aid model in a theoretical sense.

There are definitely some schools in high-tuition, high-aid states that provide generous amounts of need-based aid — such as the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan.

Many people — myself among them — have long seen some advantages in the so-called high-tuition, high-aid model, in which a college charges a substantial list price but also awards large amount of aid.