[Vision2020] Costs of attendance

[thansen@moscow.com]

Thank you very very much, Mr. Keenan -

Students complain about ever-increasing tuition every year.  This is just how 
things are.  People like to pay as little as possible for things.  Among public 
four-year universities, the University of Idaho has always  offerred more "bang 
for your buck", not bad tor a Tier 1 higher education facility, where Bozo 
State (bSU) is barely listed at Tier 2.  In other words, UI offers top-level 
public education at low-end prices

I say, "Let them whine.  They are easier to spot that way."

Take care,

Tom "Old Man" Hansen
UI '96

> Since there has been some debate (well, not much of a debate, just one guy
> spouting off) about the cost of attending the University of Idaho, I did
> some checking. Now, as a lowly Washington State University student, I've
> known that my cost of education is among the highest in the nation, seeing
> as how I'm now financing about 52 percent of the cost of my education by
> myself. I was looking back through some archives of The Daily Evergreen, and
> I came across an article from the 1970s that featured students protesting
> via a "sit-in" when their tuition costs came out to 38 percent of the actual
> charges. Recently, when Gary Locke effectively upped our tuition to 52
> percent, the only reaction was from self-supporting students such as myself,
> who suddenly realized we were going to be spending the rest of our natural
> lives paying off student loans at something like an 87.4 percent interest
> rate.
> 
> So, given the whinings of one very vocal member of this online community, I
> must confess a certain surprise that the price this member complains about
> so bitterly could not teach this certain individual to spell, acknowledge
> proper punctuation or give a working relationship with our good friend,
> "grammar." What is the actual cost of attending the UI? Let's take a look --
> 
> Undergraduate tuition, UI: $3,348 per two semesters (includes mandatory
> fees)
> Undergraduate tuition, WSU: $5,280 per two semesters (includes mandatory
> fees)
> Room and board, UI: $4,868
> Room and board, WSU: $6,196
> Books and supplies, UI (estimated): $1,248
> Books and supplies, WSU (estimated): $912
> Transportation, UI (estimated): $972
> Transportation, WSU: $1,290
> Miscellaneous expenses, UI (estimated): $2,214
> Miscellaneous expenses, WSU (estimated): $2,070
> Total, UI: $12,650
> Total, WSU: $15,748
> 
> Two universities, eight miles away. Same economy, different states. I would
> count your blessings as Idaho residents that you still have an affordable
> education in a state that respects the meaning and intent of a land-grant
> university. In the meantime, I'm going back on eBay to try and sell some
> more of my things so I won't have to withdraw from the university five weeks
> before graduation for not being able to make rent.
> 
> Putting things back in perspective,
> 
> ROB
> 
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