<p>I don’t know what our grad population is like, but I’d bet it’s a lot higher than 15%. Our grad programs are quite well-known nationally.</p>
<p>Yes, we’re something of a template for the SUNYs. The four university centers are all looking to draw more nationally (although I like to think living and studying in Stony Brook is a bigger draw for someone from Iowa than living in Binghamton, but I’m admittedly biased), so you’ll see a higher percentage with us than you will with the smaller liberal-arts colleges. Location is a big piece; Plattsburgh is minutes from Vermont, so there’s a natural draw there. I see Purchase on the road a lot in western CT, but not so much once you get out of Fairfield County.</p>
<p>Like I said, tuition will go up. They talked about it for '08-'09, but I think it got shot down. I’d much rather see it go up a little bit every year than these big chunks every few years like they’ve been doing; you can plan a little better that way, both as a student as well as as a college. (Is that too many "as"s? It looks funny.)</p>
<p>They’ve also discussed a graduated plan – where you keep whatever your tuition is when you originally enroll – but I believe it was dismissed as being too unwieldy from a record-keeping as well as a planning perspective.</p>
<p>Chris</p>