UH Tuition increase


The University of Hawaii is planning to increase tuition.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/22/ln/ln01p.html

In the late 1990's, when tuition is increase, enrollment went down. Then revenue. So what happened next? More tuition increases, less enrollment and less revenue.The cycle continued until 2001.

After the 9/11 attack, many elite Hawaii families who once preferred mainland colleges started to prefer UH. This was partly due to fear of terrorist attacks in major US cities, partly out of keeping the family together in case of another attack.

However, the fear of terrorism has died down.

And now UH wants to increase tuition. I predict the cycle of the late 1990's will happen again.

Yes, I know, UH is cheaper than many elite mainland colleges. However, many of the local families that send their kids to UH tend to be either 1) middle class or 2) low income who rely on scholarships and financial aid.

Add to that, Hawaii's high cost of living.

Many students have to work part-time to make ends meet.Meanwhile, elitist morons like Dr Foltz (retired UH English prof) and Dr. Lieberman (UH psych prof) expect their students to read all their assigned books. Hey, even if the students are interested in the books, they aint got time to digest the info since 1) they got other classes to study for, 2) they got part time jobs to make ends meet.

UH doesn't have as many trust-fund rich kids like many elite mainland universities do.

Nor do I ever want to hear this crap that students should graduate from college in 4 years. With all the core requirements and daily time constraints, 4 years is too short a time to graduate from UH unless you prefer 2 hours of sleep. I graduated from UH in 5 1/2 years and if you got a problem with that, I got 2 words for you. (1st one starts with an F, 2nd one starts with a Y)