Paterson Proposes New Tuition Plan

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<p>The SUNY webpage is being updated with many news links…don’t have time to read them all but found this in the 6/25 Times Union story:</p>

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Our greatest concern is the “Rational Tuition Policy,” which calls for “modest, annual and predictable tuition increases.” Increases at most SUNY and CUNY campuses would be capped at one and a half times the five-year rolling average for the Higher Education Price Index, an annual measure of the costs colleges typically have. The index usually rises faster than inflation. For 14 top campuses, including the University at Albany, the cap would be two and a half times the index. </p>

<p>That formula could allow dramatic hikes that far outstrip inflation. Had this policy been in effect since 1995, tuition today could be almost $7,200 at most SUNY and CUNY schools and more than $11,500 at select ones, compared with the current $4,970. Such increases would be neither modest nor rational.

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<p>So it looks like a dozen more schools, beyond Hunter and Stony Brook, would use the increased multiplier. Here’s the link to the suny news page:
[suny.edu</a> -](<a href=“http://www.suny.edu/GovtRelations/state/innovationnews.cfm]suny.edu”>http://www.suny.edu/GovtRelations/state/innovationnews.cfm)</p>