Tuition at Austin Community College is rising starting fall semester. Each credit will tack on a three dollar increase to the tuition bill. It’s the first tuition increase in over five years.
Student’s living in the ACC taxing district currently pay $165 dollars for one class, the increase will change the class price to $174 dollars. A five percent increase. Student’s living outside ACC district currently pays $459 dollars per class and after the tuition increase will start paying an eight percent increase of $498 dollars per class, a thirteen dollar increase for the unlucky students living out of district.
The major budget increase is to enable and sustain the level of programs and student services without asking more of the ACC taxpayers. What is the difference? How much more would ACC taxpayers be taxed? A three dollar increase on class isn’t much but would it be the same if it went towards the taxpayers? Of course we have to think about the student’s out-of-district who pay almost three times the price of the in district students.
It’s a little unfair for the students who pay out of their pockets to have their tuition increased, especially living out of district. Some students cannot afford to move in district and there may not be any other community college but ACC close by. The list goes on…but again, it’s only a small increase, some student’s may be upset they have to pay close to $500 dollars a class. Some students may not be able to afford it and drop out. On the other hand, students living in district are still paying taxes and the tuition increase come fall, but is it really a fair price between the two out-of-district and in district? How much do taxpayers pay for ACC?
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On another classmates blog, Ms Derrick discusses the tuition increase at ACC. I think she does a good job of giving the details of what the increases will be and how it might affect some of the students. She clearly states her opinion on the subject and she doesn’t feel it’s right to increase the tuition and it might hurt some students and require them to drop out.
ReplyDeleteI must respectfully disagree with some of this. If a student has 12 hours (which majority of ACC students take a couple of classes and work), then the increase is 36 dollars per semester. That is not that big of a difference. It is the first increase in 5 years (as stated by Ms. Derrick) and that’s probably about right for the rate of inflation. I don’t think a minor increase twice a decade is too much. You can go and donate blood (or something else of that nature) to make up for that minor difference.
Overall, I think she done a good job of supplying the information and stating her viewpoint. Nice post