SFSU Students Take Over Building in Protest

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

Also, their situation isn't unique. Schools all over the country, many with MUCH higher tuition, are implementing increases. Sure, they may not be as obviously drastic, but when you combine it with a twofold increase in fees, increases in room and board, etc., it adds up.

This. (even though I hate it when people say "this" it really just sums it up here)

The cost of education is going up everywhere, and even with the tuition hike this is still comparatively a very affordable education.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

This. (even though I hate it when people say "this" it really just sums it up here)

I also hated that until I started doing it.

Tuition goes up, some more drastically than others. It is their right to protest. At the end of the day, the tuition will still go up unless the protestors have other bright ideas. Whether or not enrollment and retention suffers because of it is something that most colleges and universities pay people to keep an eye on.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I also hated that until I started doing it.

Ugh, I hope I don't make a habit of it

[VandalSquirrel]

The cost of living in San Francisco is ridiculous, and as a native San Franciscan if I wanted to attend any area schools I would have had to live at home, and even that cost was higher than going out of state for one year an changing my residency to Idaho. Registering my car is cheaper here, as well as my insurance.

http://www.sfsu.edu/~finaid/newcost.html

For a full time student living on their own with in state tuition it will cost $22,830 for a year.

Perhaps these students might be interested in transferring to the University of Idaho because with the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) they'd pay 2,000 less a year and be able to live somewhere decent and walk or bike to school at $20,946. Our sales tax is also lower, but it isn't hard to get a two bedroom apartment for $500 a month within walking distance and utilities aren't much.

http://www.uidaho.edu/futurestudents...ttendance.aspx

There's even a guaranteed transfer scholarship of $3,000 to be paid over two years with a 3.3 and 30 credits completed. There's a whole section with transfer courses and the amount of scholarships are insane, most of my friends are debt free or close to it for their BA/BS and even graduate school has a lot to give, especially engineering.

http://www.uidaho.edu/futurestudents...olarships.aspx


See you soon California students, don't forget to pack winter clothes but with the amount of money you'll save you can buy one as well as gloves, a hat, and snow boots with the money you'll be saving. We're also playing in the Humanitarian Bowl if you want to meet us in Boise, bet you could carpool to Moscow.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Ugh, I hope I don't make a habit of it

This.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

California students can take out loans just like everyone else.

Why does this keep getting repeated as if CA students don't take out loans? The cost of living is so high (especially in SF and other metro areas) that pretty much all income goes to food, gas, bills, and rent. Unless you're in a JC or got a full ride, I hear (from friends who stayed local) that a loan seems to be a must.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Why does this keep getting repeated as if CA students don't take out loans? The cost of living is so high (especially in SF and other metro areas) that pretty much all income goes to food, gas, bills, and rent. Unless you're in a JC or got a full ride, I hear (from friends who stayed local) that a loan seems to be a must.

Well that's what happens when you choose to live and go to school in a place where the cost of living is so high.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

anybody else get a MMITY moment?

I almost did...but I couldn't think of any UNCF jokes....sorry.

[DaemonSeid]

^^^^^^^

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

anybody else get a MMITY moment?

maybe if illegals stop making low riders out of their car, or illegally street race and use that money for school they could afford it.



Hmmm.....Vito, how's that?

[srmom]

Here in Texas, after the state deregulated tuition, we have had huge tuition increases, but our tuition is still below that of what they consider "peer institutions".

At UT, the average per semester cost of education, counting tuition and fees, rose 57%, from $2,721 in 2003 to $4,266 in 2008.

Here's the trend since deregulation:

Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009
$3,500 $3,643 $4,012 $4,065 $4,254 $4,468

My son's tuition and fees for spring 2010 are $4,950 (business major).

You add in the high cost of living in Austin, and it's costing me $25000 (not counting fraternity dues ) for him to attend yearly, and I still feel I'm getting a bargain. Thank heavens he didn't choose Notre Dame .

It sounds to me like California is just coming up to standards nationwide. I believe Florida is being faced with the same dilemna, either decrease the standards or increase the tuition.

Florida's charts:

http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/vi-05_hist.pdf

(boy, UF is still a bargain for instate kids!!)

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by dakish

That is what happens when you let millions of illegals to sneak into the state who work for peanuts and then you give them free everything. Whose fault is that?

Horrible wording aside, I agree that this underlying premise is a piece to the puzzle. Thus is the nature of (although impure) capitalism.

Originally Posted by dakish

Welcome to the real world. How much do you think college costs in other states?

I should've gotten a California student to pay my student loans.

[Kevin]

ITT: We can tell who goes to school in California.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

^^^^^^^



maybe if illegals stop making low riders out of their car, or illegally street race and use that money for school they could afford it.



Hmmm.....Vito, how's that?

Originally Posted by dakish

That is what happens when you let millions of illegals to sneak into the state who work for peanuts and then you give them free everything. Whose fault is that?


Welcome to the real world. How much do you think college costs in other states?

I rest my case.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by dakish

True. I am busy working while you are sitting at home with your kids chatting on the the computer.

Finally! A black that takes care of her kids!

I was afraid we'd never find one.

[DaemonSeid]

Yeah and you know they all have different daddies...I swear if poor black women stop giving their kids names that that start with La and end with Sha they can get out of the projects and manage a McDonalds or be a bus driver.

Look at Florida Evans!