<p>I still have a number of issues with this designation. Not the least of which is the fact that the tuition increases that were discussed being allowed for the universities getting this designation were never actually discussed.</p>
<p>It’s already bad that FSU drags their feet as much as possible when releasing their tuition and fees for the upcoming year (it’s often not until late July that this gets published), but the thought that tuition could have- in theory, at least- gone up 40% in only a year or two, potentially on top of the 10-15% increases each year was just unimaginable. </p>
<p>My other concern relating to charging more for tuition (not sure if it’s still part of the bill, although I’d guess it is), is that the costs would be significant enough to cause bright students who can’t afford FSU to go to other schools. I wouldn’t be surprised to see schools like FIU, USF, and UCF to benefit from that (possibly a happy side effect for them?). </p>
<p>Beyond that, I don’t know enough info about this year’s proposals to really say much. I didn’t even realize this was still a concern, considering how Gov. Scott shot it down last year (which was, in my opinion, the right call at the time). </p>
<p>I’m sure I’m of the minority opinion here. There’s just a few things about the whole preeminence thing that’s bugged me since it was announced. And I think a lot of it has to deal with the lack of discussions as to how the monetary aspects of the whole deal is still rather secretive, it seems.</p>