Campus to grow by 3,000 students to increase tuition revenue - Hannah Kanik, Daily Emerald

The University of Oregon is planning to increase its student body by 3,000 students over the course of eight years in order to increase tuition revenue to cover a $16.7 million deficit in the university budget. According to Jamie Moffatt, the UO vice president for finance and chief financial officer, these budget increases come from a reduction in state funding and increases in fees for PERS, the state retirement fund. The growth plan is hoped to help the university cover these increases without having to resort to “tremendously high tuition increases” or job cuts, Moffatt said. “We try to keep tuition increases as low as we possibly can, but we’re not going to sacrifice the excellence of the University of Oregon,” said Roger Thompson, vice president for Student Services and Enrollment Management. https://www.dailyemerald.com/2018/06/04/campus-to-grow-by-3000-students-to-increase-tuition-revenue/