Word: tuition
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...institutions most responsible for this state's wealth and prestige. What is surprising is that he has also bungled his public relations. His inconsistent statements, his embarrassing lack of information, and his failure to consult the legislature and university officials before proposing budget cuts and tuition have worsened the crisis and created a large number of ex-Reagan supporters...
Precipitate & Unwarranted. Kerr, apparently, fought too hard. After the budget and tuition proposals had been explained to the regents, he temporarily suspended student admissions, as did Glenn S. Dumke, chancellor of the 18 state colleges. It was an obvious political gesture designed to arouse Californians against the budget cut, and it caused consternation among prospective stu dents. Reagan, who regarded his proposals as "provisional" and subject to compromise, angrily called the freeze "precipitate and unwarranted." Equally disturbed were several of the regents, since Kerr had taken his action without consulting the board...
...actual firing came at the end of a relatively calm 1½-day public discussion of the budget, at which Reagan once again expressed his willingness to modify both the size of his cuts and the tuition fee. With business apparently completed, Theodore Meyer, a San Francisco lawyer and chairman of the regents,* told Kerr that the board wished to consult in private...
...There are two types of these barriers: state universities' high tuition for out-of-state students, and their selectivity with regard to college board scores of those prospective students," he said. "We are a national society, and I don't think these barriers should exist," he added...
...They are busy with money all day long and have no heart for study. The reason is simple: tuition is, too high, generally beyond the ability of the average student to pay. Over the past ten years or more, the school fees of a private university have jumped nearly ten-fold! Except for the children of rich families, most students have found it exceedingly difficult to pay such a big sum for school fees. In order to make some money, they cannot help, as soon as the school bell rings to dismiss school, rushing to various hotels, restaurants, and coffee...