Midyear Tuition Hikes Possible

**drmwevr08** · 10-09-2009, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by pyrocyz

Property taxes will not be raised...hopefully. Culver won't allow schools to raise property taxes, they have to pull from their reserves.

How does he control that? Punish them if they do by pulling more funding? Can he specify such a thing?

**ia2189** · 10-09-2009, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by pyrocyz

Property taxes will not be raised...hopefully. Culver won't allow schools to raise property taxes, they have to pull from their reserves.

KCCI: "They can eat it. The second part is that they can use their reserve funds. The third one is to raise property taxes," said Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy. "I think everybody here in the Legislature would like to see property taxes used as a last resort."

Wait for it.

**IcSyU** · 10-09-2009, 12:53 PM

Oh, and why does Iowa State need all brand new vehicles of which many just sit out and don't move? Why does Iowa State need more expensive hybrids/flex fuel vehicles?

I could go on and on about irresponsible spending if you let me.

**CloneIce** · 10-09-2009, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by pyrocyz

Property taxes will not be raised...hopefully. Culver won't allow schools to raise property taxes, they have to pull from their reserves.

According to all info out there, this is the truth.

Property taxes aren't so bad in Iowa, in KC I have to pay them each year on my car as well.

With the economy in the shape it is in, there is going to be shortfalls for any institution that relies on taxes for their revenue. Corporate and invididual incomes are obviously way down, and property values are down in many places as well (at least that should results in lower property taxes).

It'll come back eventually though, I actually figured the economy would be much worse by now, considering that a year ago our entire financial system was on the brink of collapse. I feel really bad for students graduating right now though, what a tough job market to enter.

**LeSchmick** · 10-09-2009, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

Oh, and why does Iowa State need all brand new vehicles of which many just sit out and don't move? Why does Iowa State need more expensive hybrids/flex fuel vehicles?

I could go on and on about irresponsible spending if you let me.

Its for the environment!

**pyrocyz** · 10-09-2009, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

Why does Iowa State need more expensive hybrids/flex fuel vehicles?

I'll give this one a crack...most of those vehicles were probably requisitioned before the economy when BOOM!!! Meaning...The entire country thought they were going to have the same budget so they purchased the vehicles from the budget that they had. Now if they have bought more since the budget cuts they need to be justified.

Also, would you rather have the university pay a little more for a vehicle now or more for gas later?? Personally, I would rather see them not pay as much for fuel when those cars that don't move actually move.

**jsmith86** · 10-09-2009, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by cigaretteman

Midyear tuition hikes at Iowa universities still a possibility | GazetteOnline.com

Um...heck no. It's going to be tough enough as it is paying for the last semester of my education. So by the time that you add the extra $1750 per year for engineering differential tuition, I'm paying about $3300 per year more than when I started.. this sucks.

By the way, historical ISU tuition: http://www.ir.iastate.edu/FB09/PDF/FB09-063.pdf

**BryceC** · 10-09-2009, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

If I remember right from the Daily, the cost of tuition since 2000 or thereabouts has nearly doubled.

I guarantee it has at least doubled. I started in 2000.

My freshman year I had a scholarship that paid me 1500 a semester. That might not sound like a whole lot now... but it was then when tuition was 1563.00. What is it now? 3500?

**tejasclone** · 10-09-2009, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

It's not a fluke students at Iowa's public universities have the highest average debt of any public universities in the country. The mismanagement of money is absolutely disgusting.

Is that true? I do believe it, just wondering where you heard this.

**IcSyU** · 10-09-2009, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by cardinal&gold

Is that true? I do believe it, just wondering where you heard this.

Class just started but let me see if I can find the article...

**CloneIce** · 10-09-2009, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by BryceC

I guarantee it has at least doubled. I started in 2000.

My freshman year I had a scholarship that paid me 1500 a semester. That might not sound like a whole lot now... but it was then when tuition was 1563.00. What is it now? 3500?

Good call. I started in 1999, and graduated in 2005, my bro started in 1996 and I think it nearly (or did) doubled in that decade. Of course salaries didn't double, and the cost of tons of other necessary things went way up to... no wonder our economy went off a cliff. At least Gin and Tonics still were 75 cents at Thumbs on Thursday!

**brianhos** · 10-09-2009, 01:17 PM

ISU tuition is getting to be a ripoff... I paid $750 my first semester in the 90s. That was not really that long ago.

**IcSyU** · 10-09-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by brianhos

ISU tuition is getting to be a ripoff... I paid $750 my first semester in the 90s. That was not really that long ago.

Holy ****! Are you serious!? We pay that now in differential tuition alone!

**CycloneErik** · 10-09-2009, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

Holy ****! Are you serious!? We pay that now in differential tuition alone!

He's serious. It was very inexpensive (I was 1991-1995/6). It was one of the major selling points for the public schools against the private school.

**Bader** · 10-09-2009, 01:29 PM

God am I glad I'm not in school anymore.

One year of dealing with paying more than any other undergrad was enough. Base Tuition + Differential + Ridiculous Computing Fee for CprE (what the hell is that one for). This is out of control.