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COLLEGIANNEWS.COM Board of Regents


raises tuition rates 32 out of 35 Georgia instutions will be affected by the finicial hike


Collegian Staff By Kyndell Mizell


It is final, on June 30, 2012


college tuition for Georgia will increase.


already Regents


As if paying tuition wasn't enough, has


the decided


Board to


raise


tuition on average by 2.5% for 32 of 35 institutions.


Although this is the lowest


tuition increase since 2003, this doesn't mean that every school in Georgia will be effected equally. In fact GPC will probably have


one of the lowest increases in the state.


"We looked at the quality of


what they’re getting for the price they’re paying and compare that to the other schools," said Chancellor Hank Huckaby. Te issue is for those scholars that will be transferring to one of


of


the three "research universities." At one point in time these three


research schools had the same tuition. "I think it's appropriate that we get away from this ‘one size fits all' at our research universities," says Huckaby. When the next semester comes


around Georgia Tech who received the highest increase percentage will pay $3,859 per semester which is a 6% increase, University of Georgia was increased by 5% which boosted tuition to $3,823 per semester, and Georgia State has increased $127 a semester bringing them up 3.5% to a total of $3,768. Tere are about 254 student


fees in this state only 18 have been adjusted to meet this new tuition price.


“We carefully reviewed


fee increase requests and limited increases to those absolutely necessary,”


said USG Vice


Chancellor for Fiscal Affairs John Brown.


Tis hurts students that already


have to pay out of pocket to receive a quality education. Even students that receive HOPE will have more money to dish out to fulfill the needs of this new tuition. Brown conclude that the "funding was allocated in an effort to address priorities including college completion, teacher-student


ratios,


reducing and


enhancing direct student services.” Te increase is of course a way to


provide us with a better education, giving students a better teacher student ratio, better libraries and a more comfortable class room experience. With the new change it is now vital that upcoming graduates and students looking to transfer in the future choose the school that will be budget friendly when picking the path of education after Georgia Perimeter College.


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