Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Taxing Students

Looks like Lee Todd will have to do what the General Assembly lacked the political will to do.

Raise Taxes

From the Courier-Journal:

The University of Kentucky yesterday proposed raising in-state tuition by 9 percent next year, increasing the amount incoming freshmen would pay each semester by $319.75, to $3,867.75.

You can call it a tuition increase if you want, but it is a tax increase on students and their families.

1 comment:

Rightwing Ground Sloth said...

if it's okay to balance the state budget on the back of the employees, why isn't it okay to balance a University budget on the back of it's employees?

Ask some of those tenured profs if they are willing to take a 9% pay cut. The students have more options than the profs I guess.

Good Job Dr. Todd! That's how you meet enrollment projections! "Tax" the students out of school.

Does UK need another parking structure that bad? I mean really.