College students in the State University of New York (SUNY) system are outraged. According to a proposal from their Student Assembly, SUNY students want their tuition raised!
Wait, what?
The unlikely resolution to raise state college tuition comes from the executive board of the SUNY Student Assembly, representing 427,000 students within the system. According to the Albany Times Union, the 122 representatives of the Student Assembly will have the opportunity to vote on the resolution this weekend. Officially, the state legislature and the SUNY Board of Trustees have authority over tuition rates. But the cry from the Assembly executive board is a loud one.
“I think this is a strong indicator of the state that New York is in right now ,” said SUNY Albany student David Belsky to the Times Union, “that we’re in such a dire economic situation that students themselves are standing up and saying we’re willing to pay a little more for a public education to protect the quality.”
The concern is that the SUNY system does not meet its fellow state university competitors when it comes to university spending per student and campus resources, and students are acknowledging the fact that they may have to dig deeper into their own pockets for a quality education. Currently, tuition at any SUNY school stands at $4,350 per year.
To everyone representing state colleges nationwide, do you believe your tuition price is fair? What would you do if a tuition hike was proposed by students in your state? And if there are any SUNY students who would like to sound off, tell us what you think about the resolution.
[image of SUNY Geneseo courtesy of wikimedia.org]
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