Tagged: tuition

Tuition Increase
11:20 am
Mon May 13, 2013

UW Student Group Backs Tuition Increase For Faculty Pay Raise

Credit Flickr photo/Dmitry Alexeenko

A student advisory group at the University of Washington says it's time for faculty to get raises after a 4-year wage freeze. But if state lawmakers don't fund a raise, the Provost’s Advisory Committee for Students would support a 3 percent tuition increase to pay for it. Evan Smith, who is the President of the Associated Students of the University of Washington, tells KUOW's Ross Reynolds why he supports a tuition increase.

College Tuition
11:11 am
Thu February 28, 2013

Paying For College Without Going Broke

Credit Flickr Photo/Peter Patau
Peter Patau shares this photo from a University of Wisconsin, Madison, football game in 1979. He writes, 'Resident undergrad tuition and fees at UW-Madison were $769 for the 1979-80 academic year; [in 2012] they total $9,665.'

The average cost of a four-year public college shot up 6 percent last year to over $17,000 a year on average. Private colleges are up to over $35,000 a year (beer and togas not included.) So how do parents pay for college these days without going broke? Ross Reynolds talks with Kalman Chany, author of "Paying for College Without Going Broke," about the GET program and other ways to fund your child's higher education.