Does The Lantern not make it to the desk of Ohio State’s officials, or do they just not care to pay attention to the facts?
Just last week, there was an article on the front page which indicated the average student must work 55 hours a week to cover the cost of tuition – and I do not recall the article mentioning anything about those 55 hours paying for housing, food, gas, books and all the other expenses students face. The article also indicated that students who work more than 25 hours a week are not fully able to concentrate on school work, and their grades tend to suffer.
So where in this equation does a 9 percent tuition hike benefit the students of this university in any way? I work an average of 35 hours a week, and my grades have suffered immensely from it, but it is something I must do in order to survive.
Isn’t the purpose of a public university to provide an education for all who wish to attain it? If that is the case, I believe OSU is failing miserably.
Provost Edward J. Ray was quoted in the Monday Lantern as saying, “Our tuition proposal will allow the university to maintain its commitment to academic quality – even during the current recession – which is critical to our students as well as to Ohio’s longer-term economic vitality and competitiveness.”
My question to him is: Which students are going to benefit from this tuition increase? Most students will not be able to afford to stick around long enough to reap the benefits of it.
Tiffany L. Costilow junior in English
