UofL to raise tuition 9.9%?

[Roland99]

Local news reporting that a planned tuition hike would be 9.9%.

That would mark the 5th year in a row that tuition has gone up at least 9%.


But our gov't says inflation is only 2-3%. HA!

[Democrat 4 Ever]

1. My granddaughter entered U of L last fall and hated it. She transferred

in January to Western and has fallen in love with school again. I wanted so bad to tell her to stay away from Louisville back when she was deciding but thought this was a decision she needed to make herself. (Her experiences definitely wouldn't be my experiences.) She knew within the first month she had made a major mistake. She keeps talking about how much cheaper it is for her in Bowling Green. Absolutely loves it. Loves her classes, professors, new friends, the whole ball of wax.

My degree is from Louisville and I hated every minute on campus. Significant increases in tuition and fees every dang year. Loved classes, hated the whole jock aura that permeated campus at the expense of learning. I attended U of L strictly because of a location and in-state issues. Maybe if they would scale back the coaches contracts, quit worrying about a basketball arena and put the emphasis back on education they wouldn't have to bilk the students every damn year.

Those increases will not see an improvement in education - it will go into the black hole of sports mania. Somewhere along the way we have forgotten the reason why universities exist in the first place - to educate. Instead colleges have become a entertainment outlet from August to the first week in April for people who are willing to pay for over priced tickets and lukewarm beer.

I like sports, really like college basketball, but education should always come first. Education should be cheap for every student. Every time they raise tuition more and more students are priced out of the opportunity.