Eastern Michigan University seems to be the only college not going up on their tuition fees. Michigan State, U of M, Saginaw Valley etc. are all going up by the thousands each year. But Eastern is the only school not going up on their tuition fees. It seems things are getting worse with the economy and even more worse with the amount of money schools need. Last year Eastern did raise it's fees but for this year they have decided not too. On July 14 2009 Eastern put a 3.8 percent tuition increase for the fall semester.
They are saying that things financially are getting real bad for the country. Which is the reason for the rising of price for schools. I think this is ridiculous. It's bad enough there aren't enough jobs for students to even try to pay for their schooling. Everyone basically has to go through Financial Aid.
Things need to get better soon. This is an issue that should be discussed more with families and how they are going to handle the pressure of this amount of money being spent on the college level of education.
I have also seen this in the media, and think it is great that the university was able to balance the budget without raising prices. This will definitely be a major selling point for Eastern in the coming years, and will hopefully be able to convince many qualified students to attend Eastern looking for affordable education.
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