I think it’s a little misleading to focus the conversation on Fordham. Students reconsider EVERY college when there is a tuition hike. I have a neighbor whose kid was at the flagship state U; freshman year was fine but not the “Disneyland Nirvana” she hoped for. And the price hike (student activity fee, health care fee, dorm fee, meal plan fee) which was just a ton of “death by a thousand cuts”- small increases leading to a hefty overall increase… the kid is now home, commuting to a local branch of the state U. Not as prestigious, not as many departments, much more limited academic breadth and depth…. but bus fare plus tuition is affordable for them.
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