ADVISORY/Tuition Rises At State Colleges.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2001 TOPIC: State universities are finding themselves hit hard by a slowing economy and reduced state aid, forcing them to pare down programs and significantly raise tuition in many cases. According to a story by the New York Times, many state colleges in the South and Midwest are raising tuition for this school year around 12 percent, with some extreme cases hitting as high as 25 percent. Experts in the story said private universities absorb declines in their endowments and alumni donations much better during an economic slowdown because they only spend part of their investment earnings each year; however, the same is not true of the public colleges, who feel the pinch through state budget cuts, the story said. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Prof. Ken Kempner teaches at the University of Oregon and specializes in the economics of higher education. 541/346-1366 Robert H. Puckett is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana State University Indiana State University, main campus at Terre Haute; coeducational; est. 1865 as a normal school, became Indiana State Teachers College in 1929, gained university status in 1965. There is also a campus at Evansville (opened 1965).. His expertise include U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. National Security Policy, Human Rights Policy and Higher Education Issues. 812/237-2517 Dr. Antonio Flores has extensive professional experience in higher education and is president of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. He has taught at private and public institutions, both community colleges and comprehensive research universities; has conducted research and policy studies, published and unpublished, on higher education issues; has been an administrator of campus-based and statewide programs; has done extensive advancement work at the state and national levels; and has provided public service at the local, state, national, and international levels. Flores' longstanding career in higher education includes diverse and challenging responsibilities suitable for a senior executive and leadership role. Flores holds a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, a Master of Arts degree in counseling and personnel from Western Michigan University Western Michigan University, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; coeducational; founded in 1903 as Western State Normal School, became accredited in 1927 as a college, gained university status in 1957. The university's facilities include a toxicology and environmental testing center, an electron microscopy center, a particle accelerator laboratory, and a virus research laboratory., a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education from Universidad de Guadalajara and Centro Normal Regional, Mexico, respectively. 210/692-3805 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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