Man on the Street
March 6, 2013
The President’s Report to the Board of Trustees recommends increasing the tuition rate for incoming by 4.4 percent and increasing the tuition of students who have been at the university for more than six academic years by 6.9 percent. In light of this, the NEIU Independent asked students what they thought of the decision.
“It’s fair to place an increase to encourage students to get out of school sooner because most citizen debts are educational loans student take out that take long to pay off,” said Alexander Gutierrez, a double major in Education & Business Sophomore.
“It sounds like an unbalance request for tuition increase. If the president wants to increase tuition she should increase for everyone instead of picking on specific groups. The president should take account of our economy and our tax increase; there is no need for a tuition increase at this moment,” stated Ruben Camacho, a Spanish major who is in his senior year.
“I think that the increase is too much, unless they are putting it towards improvements.” – said Sam Jensen, a Physical Education, Senior, 22.
“I disagree with the increase for new students. That is unnecessary. But, for students that have been here for more than six years, it seems understandable.” – said Shahwar Abbasi, a Computer Science, Junior, 20.
“I don’t think it is fair, the reason because students comes here because it is less expensive. It is a commuter school, so it should be less expensive.”- Yvonne Molina, Justice Studies, Sophomore, 26.
