Opinion: Increased tuition, new fees, increases on housing and meals? The board has lost touch with its principal mission of promoting access to education.
Inflation is pushing up college tuition and fees while staff shortages are forcing wages and benefits higher. The squeeze comes at the worst possible time for higher education.
State support for higher education in the US appears headed for a 10th straight year of increases, defying widespread fears of Covid-driven economic crises and enrolment declines.
