Tuition Hike

I read today where Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors approved a tuition and fee hike . This comes at a time when most students are having a hard time just trying to find the money to make the tuition or student loans and gas to get to class. According to a local news agency, the MSSU Board of Governors approved a hike which will raise in-state tuition by just under $6.50 a credit hour making instate tuition $169.48 per credit hour. 6.50 an hour may not seem like much but compare that to what most minimum wage is ($7.25) and that is only a $0.75 difference for a paycheck. Now look at how many hours is required for a two year and four year degree, minimum. That is a lot of money that students don't necessarily have and may not be able to count on Government Assistance.

I say that it is time that the directors know what I think. You want to start making money, appeal to the students. Lower you tuition rates that will appeal to more people who want to attend college. Lowering the tuition rate will decrease the income but if you stop spending money on building needless things such as signs to announce the sports complex and focus that money instead on upkeep that is money that you can eliminate from tuition. I think that if you focus your money on upkeep and not on frivolousness cosmetics of sports cosmetics you will be able to save money while not having to increase spending of your students.

Of course if you want to help out you are more than welcome to by making a donation to MSSU, you can do this by following this link to their website!