The 10 most expensive colleges

lderochi
Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:54:47 +0000

“One of the most effective ways to raise the prestige of a college over time is to increase tuition”

And that, in a nutshell, is what is behind the UR tuition increase. Now, what they plan to do with the tuition increase may be admirable (increase the grants given to lower-income applicants). But UR hasn’t exactly been shy in stating that the purpose of the tuition increase is to bring them in line with their (supposed) peers.