Tuition increases, like tax hikes, should be last resort - Youngstown State Vindicator

Over the years, whenever Vindicator editors questioned spending, employee contracts or tuition increases at Youngstown State University, it was common practice for YSU defenders to cite Ohio State University as the prime example of profligate spending. At OSU, we were told, the tuition was higher, the professors were better paid, the state subsidies the university received were more generous — all of which was true, of course. OSU is a nationally recognized research institution and Ohio’s flagship university, and YSU isn’t.