Despite Cuts, UT-Arlington Won't Increase Tuition
Despite shrinking state support, University of Texas at Arlington President Jim Spaniolo signaled today that his school would not raise tuition in the upcoming 2012-13 academic year.
Since tuition deregulation in 2003, UT-Arlington has increased its price tag every year. The average annual tuition rate has risen from $4,123 in the 2001-02 academic year to $9,292 this year. And that's where it will remain next year. Additionally, the annual rate for room and board at the school will stay steady at $7,554.
"Because we’re concerned about affordability, about the uncertain economy, about shrinking financial aid ...
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Sean Riley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Maybe universities should be concentrating on training young adults for the workforce, and NOT BS-ing all the time with all these COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY classes.
Just the basics. THAT will keep tuition costs down.
And enough with all the damn partying all the time!
It's a SCHOOL, not a disco with books!
JC DemocratofTejas
No doubt. UT Austin has gutted its best professors, tied into being corporatized via Perry and his 1% who want to control education, and are creating something in this great institution that will affect it for years. Spend a dime and lose a dollar. They have no interest in excellence. How sad. Besides church and state, there should also be a separation of education excellence and state nutjobs.
JC DemocratofTejas
The ONLY thing UT Austin cares about is its atheletic department. They are under the microscope for everything else by the gov & Texas legislature to all of our misfortune.