Why WA might end another solution to university budget problems - DANIEL.WALTERS, Pacific Northwest Inlander

If colleges worked like a typical business, there would be a very clear solution: Raise the price of the engineering programs. That would allow the college to hire even more teachers to teach even more students. It would also alleviate the cash-strapped budgets of the institution. University of Washington and other colleges have been discussing doing just that — but a relatively obscure investment program may stop that from happening. Right now, the tuition for an English major at the UW is exactly the same for an engineering major, despite the fact that it costs a lot more to educate an engineering student — a great engineering prof is pricier to hire — and the fact that, typically, an engineering graduate will make a lot more money armed with that diploma. One solution Arkans says the college has been discussing is “differential tuition” — charge engineering students, for example, more than other students. http://www.inlander.com/spokane/blog-7251-why-wa-might-end-another-solution-to-university-budget-problems.html