UT Raises Tuition

Students with the dream to go to college have to face lots of difficult challenges. Among those challenges are high tuition charges at universities such as the University of Texas at Austin. But what can these students do. They could, of course, apply for financial aid, but that does not necessarily mean that they will receive any aid. This is due to the fact that students or their families make too much money to qualify for financial aid, but just enough to pay tuition and all other school related expenses, not to mention other necessary expenses. More than half of the students at UT at Austin fall in this "too wealthy for financial aid, yet barely able to pay" category. So how is the fact that UT has proposed to raise tuition by more than 15% in two years explainable??? This proposal would raise tuition from about $3,700 to $4,500. This is a huge increase! Not only will this be a problem for current students, but also for the university. Maybe they have not thought of the possibility that with this increase in effect, their enrollment rate will decrease because students just will not be able to pay. And yet Texas has the goal to increase higher education enrollment substantially throughout the years. With this tuition increase, who knows if Texas will actually reach its goal. After watching UT at Austin increase tuition, many more universities will probably do the same and the tuition increase will not only become an Austin issue, but a Texas issue. Anyways, the point here is not whether Texas will be able to increase tuition. The concern is how students will manage to pay almost $2,000 extra per year. It is difficult enough for students and their families as it is. Why does UT need more money anyway? They have around 50,000 students already paying them what they want. Even if UT really needs the money, there are other ways to get it other than raising tuition. To me, this tuition increase is just a scheme and should not take place.