Sentences with phrase «raising tuition»

They wore a red felt square, which was popularized during the recent Quebec student movement against raising tuition.

Others, such as Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN), the New America Foundation, and the Brookings Institution worry that the programs will just end up raising tuition costs.

This revenue gap must often be bridged through the generous donations of benefactors because raising tuition would price out the families we serve.

In other words, the colleges most likely to respond to changes in Pell Grants by raising their tuition were private and expensive, but not particularly selective.

Public institutions of higher education were trying to compensate for these decreases by raising tuition [6] and by becoming more efficient.

To date, the policy has set the stage as standard policy on public institutions and raising tuition.

«By raising tuition fees, [the universities] are not giving us a choice anymore,» says Sharanowski.

Such «unfunded mandates» may cost universities as much as $ 4000 per student each year, Bienenstock told the panel, money that is often recouped by raising tuition.

The potential risk is greatest, the Bain report states, to schools that are «not a top - ranked institution,» whose «financial statements don't look as good as they used to,» and that «have had to take drastic measures» to improve the bottom line, such as raising tuition, reducing standards of admission, and cutting aid to students and numbers of faculty.

And we also voted against raising tuition fees, having failed to persuade a Labour government not to renege on its promise.

Downing Street said Mr Hughes — who abstained in the Commons vote on raising tuition fees — agreed to take up the unpaid role as an «access advocate» to persuade parents and children from poor backgrounds they will be able to afford a university education when the new fees come into effect.

Before the same - sex marriage vote, lawmakers approved raising tuition at State University of New York schools by $ 300 a year for five years.

«We will not be raising tuition at community colleges, because we know some students struggle.»

And it is doing things which are unpopular and controversial like introducing spending cuts, raising tuition fees and reforming welfare.

Sally Hunt, the general secretary of the University and College Union, said raising tuition fees would be «the most regressive piece of education policy since the war» and put university «out of reach for the majority».

The Liberal Democrat leader's frank apology for having broken his pledge on raising tuition fees was originally greeted by a wall of consternation, but an auto - tuned version now set to be released as a charity single has boosted Clegg's gamble to win back lost supporters.

Norman Lamb said the Liberal Democrats had learned an «extremely painful lesson» from raising tuition fees to # 9,000 while in coalition government with the Conservatives, despite ex-leader Nick Clegg's pledge to vote against any increase.

«We can't keep looking to students and raising tuition to bridge the budgetary gap,» said Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo, C - West Seneca.

Raising tuition about $ 3,000 could also make up the difference, Sapienza told the Council.

«We are raising our tuition rate starting in two weeks,» your daycare provider says while handing you a new contract.

Here are six things you could do when and if your daycare declares they are raising their tuition.

And as the article from yesterday noted, universities are raising tuition aggressively since students are willing to pay more through those loans.

The Scott campaign, meanwhile, has run TV ads accusing Crist of raising tuition at state colleges and leaving K - 12 schools in worse shape than when he took office.

Borrowing by students and their families has picked up steam over the years as social and economic pressure grows to obtain a college education to get ahead, even as states reduce their financial support for colleges and colleges raise their tuition.

He has responded to the growing pressure by apologising for breaking the party's pledge not to raise tuition fees under any circumstances — prompting a mixture of mockery and admiration online — and using the Brighton conference to push for fairer taxes in negotiations with the Conservatives.

Universities, recognizing the increased demand, raised tuition prices accordingly.

The government victory means plans to raise the tuition fee cap to # 9,000 from September 1st 2012 will now go ahead.

While he is offering free tuition to some, Cuomo's budget also calls for SUNY to be able to raise tuition up to $ 250 each year for the next five years.

The Cuomo plan also calls for limiting state «Bundy Aid» to private institutions that raise their tuition beyond a certain level each year.

SUNY empowerment: This proposal would have allowed SUNY campuses to have more freedom to raise their tuition, which is now under legislative control.

Cuomo is pushing for a plan to raise tuition $ 300 per year annually for five years.

These schools would be able to unilaterally raise tuition up to 7 percent a year for the next five years through 2014 - 2015.

SUNY Board Chair Carl McCall says the university board and it's chancellor don't want to raise tuition, and they want Cuomo and the legislature to help them avoid it.

The bills were based, by law, on the spending plan Paterson first proposed in January, but they restored some of his school aid cuts, eliminated his tax cap and took out a proposal to allow SUNY and CUNY the ability to raise tuition unilaterally — basically all the stuff that might possibly have compelled any of the members to explain anything difficult to their constituents.

Also, we have raised tuition, and it didn't go to make better education, it was taken for budget.

Erie Community College officials must do more to address systemic financial problems before they raise tuition again or ask county taxpayers for more money, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said.

State university leaders and higher education advocates are warning that New York's community colleges may be forced to raise tuition or make cuts under Cuomo's proposed 2019 budget.

In the past five years, SUNY has raised tuition around $ 300 per year, in order to make up for a funding deficit.

Governor Cuomo's budget proposal allows SUNY continued authority to raise tuition each year if the board believes it's necessary.

«We are close on procurement and will attempt to close at the next meeting,» reads the memo, which also suggests that Mr. Cuomo is willing to give up his proposal to allow CUNY to raise tuition, which is supported by the Assembly and opposed by the Senate, according to the memo.

The memo also lays out in detail the horsetrading that typically occurs around budget time, as in the area of higher education financing, where Mr. Cuomo has sought broad changes in how public universities procure supplies and services and wants to allow the City University of New York to raise tuition.

Cuomo won his push for a free tuition for public college students from households with incomes of up to $ 125,000 — even as CUNY and SUNY were granted permission to raise their tuitions by $ 200.

Cuomo won his push for free tuition for public college students from households with annual incomes of up to $ 125,000 — even as CUNY and SUNY were granted permission to raise their tuitions by $ 200 a year.

The new budget now being adopted is also expected to include a college affordability plan while allowing SUNY and CUNY to raise their tuitions by $ 200.

Though Travis indicated that an extension on the provision was likely needed, he said that decisions to raise tuition were not made lightly.

He added that state authorization for CUNY to raise tuition $ 300 a year has led to the hiring of more faculty while the state has boosted funding to cover the extra fringe benefits.

As for other issues, the budget also will allow SUNY campuses to raise tuition by $ 200 per year over the next five years for students whose family incomes are above $ 100,000.

If you are tired of a New York state funded on the backs of working people and of SUNY schools that continually raise tuition and cut student services, Howie Hawkins is a viable option to consider before entering the voting booth this fall.

«While they are giving free tuition for the middle class and poor, they have given SUNY & CUNY permission to raise tuition by 200 dollars a year for the next few years.

State legislators are picking apart Cuomo's $ 163 million proposal — which would cover tuition at public colleges for in - state students whose families earn less than $ 100,000 — while slamming a provision that raises tuition at CUNY and SUNY by $ 250 per year.