University tuition may rise again

Beginning in Fall 2011, students can expect to see tuition rates go up. With the declining amount of funds received from the state and the incapability of increasing the university’s number of attendees, the institution may have no other choice but to raise the amount that students pay to attend Georgia College.

“We won’t know probably for another few weeks what the fiscal year of 2012’s increase will consist of,” said Chief Budget Officer Susan Allen. “However I can tell you there was a 10 percent increase between last year and this year’s tuition increase.”

Should the tuition increase go up, it could spell trouble for some students already affect by the HOPE Scholarship cuts.

Freshman business management major Sara Carville said, depending on the tuition increase, she may have to look for additional ways to keep the burden off of her family.

“When I came to school, I tried to make sure that I had as much financial aid as possible in order to ensure that I am causing them the least amount of financial burden as possible,” Carville said.

Jeannine Torres, a freshman pre-nursing major, is concerned as to where this money will be used in relation to the university.

“I think any increase in tuition should be going towards educational purposes,” Torres said. “I think sometimes people forget that the most important reason we are here is to learn. I would be fine with a tuition increase as long as it is going towards something important and for the sole purpose of education.”

Students can expect to see these increases be made public by Georgia College and the University System of Georgia within the next few weeks.

“Students will probably hear the news from other sources first, because newspaper journalists and other forms of communicators typically wait outside of the legislative meetings for a verdict on tuition,” Allen said. “Although it might be accurate, I recommend they wait to hear from the school before making a final verdict.”

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