tudents share mixed feelings about tuition hike - Andrew Nelson, Technique

With a $227 million decrease in the University System of Georgia’s (USG) budget, Tech students will see a $500 per semester increase in tuition starting with the Fall 2010 semester. The tuition increase will offset $80 million, and reductions in USG’s 35 colleges and universities’ operating budgets will offset the remaining $147 million. “I agree with the tuition increase because it is necessary to maintain the quality of education, which helps ensure grants and research funding will continue to come in,” said Keller Smith, a third-year CHBE major.