Tuition fees for Academics

[CajunDreDog]

No, but it does come with some unintended consequences.

Ironically, tonight on WBRZ news in Baton Rouge they are doing a story on TOPS in the state of LA.
http://www.wbrz.com/videos/the-tops-...tonight-at-10/

[Germdawg2004]

Actually, this was changed in the last half month or so. Now your athletic budget doesn't decrease with student assessed fees for athletics, it adds to it.

Yes I know that's why I posted the link where the BoR changed that only student self assessed fees do not affect general transfer if the admin impose an athletic fee then it will decrease the general transfer, like the one in the original article. Get the difference?

[Just1More]

The student loan crisis arises because the government makes it easy for nearly anyone to get student loans regardless of their ability to pay it back. And unlike most other debts you can't declare bankruptcy and get student loan debt reduced or wiped out.

It's also one of the major reasons why colleges can get away with raising tuition at double the rate of inflation for many years now. There's just too much "free" money out there.

But in Louisiana it's really a different story. College tuition in this state is ridiculously cheap compared to the rest of the nation. UL tuition is way cheaper than it should be. I'm not saying we need to raise it to an unreasonable amount. But when a university has to switch to 4 days a weeks because it can't pay a 5 day a week electricity bill it's time to start raising tuition.

Absolutely correct.

[Lafman]

Almost impossible.

This seems like an end around to not allow athletic fees.

As they shouldn't. People whine about how low scores are for USA students compared to the rest of the world. Why tack on an additional fee for students and parents when 99% of the students attend college for what is purpose is, to attain a degree. not play sports. Perhaps a fee for student athletes should be considered, but then again, most of them are on scholarship trying to attain a degree in basketweaving......

[LFTCajun]

As they shouldn't. People whine about how low scores are for USA students compared to the rest of the world. Why tack on an additional fee for students and parents when 99% of the students attend college for what is purpose is, to attain a degree. not play sports. Perhaps a fee for student athletes should be considered, but then again, most of them are on scholarship trying to attain a degree in basketweaving......

Don't have the stats in front of me, but the assessment of student fees towards athletics would finally place us in the majority of other peer institutions. Not to mention that tuition here is already far more affordable than elsewhere, especially considering the bang for the buck.

[Turbine]

As they shouldn't. People whine about how low scores are for USA students compared to the rest of the world. Why tack on an additional fee for students and parents when 99% of the students attend college for what is purpose is, to attain a degree. not play sports. Perhaps a fee for student athletes should be considered, but then again, most of them are on scholarship trying to attain a degree in basketweaving......

It may be called an athletic fee but in reality it is a degree marketing fee.

[CajunDreDog]

Ironically, tonight on WBRZ news in Baton Rouge they are doing a story on TOPS in the state of LA.
http://www.wbrz.com/videos/the-tops-...tonight-at-10/

Thanks to the Internet, here is the story that WBRZ aired last night on TOPS in LA.
http://www.wbrz.com/videos/the-tops-...-it-or-waste-/

[Turbine]

Thanks to the Internet, here is the story that WBRZ aired last night on TOPS in LA.
http://www.wbrz.com/videos/the-tops-...-it-or-waste-/

"But thousands of students waste some of that money every year because they lose the TOPS Scholarship"

Waste is right but he money goes somewhere, with proper accounting this could also be read one of two other ways.
1) Louisiana Universities end up with a surplus every year because some students lose their TOPS Scholarship.
2) The State of Louisiana ends up with a surplus every year because some students lose their TOPS Scholarship.

[Just1More]

"But thousands of students waste some of that money every year because they lose the TOPS Scholarship"

Waste is right but he money goes somewhere, with proper accounting this could also be read one of two other ways.
1) Louisiana Universities end up with a surplus every year because some students lose their TOPS Scholarship.
2) The State of Louisiana ends up with a surplus every year because some students lose their TOPS Scholarship.

I think the concept is that anyone qualifying in the first place should be capable of retaining that scholarship. Money given to a student that cannot complete college... is a waste of taxpayer money. You never ever do what our current federal government implies regarding jobs and money circulation in the economy... "create jobs". You find ways to reward "productivity" and money and jobs will follow.

In reality, the percentages aren't that alarming to me. However, this money is substantial to this state and to keep this program alive, it needs to be administered more intelligently.

[SlappyCajun]

I think they should make it a hybrid system. Raise the standards but keep some slightly lower standards for a need based component.

[cajun4life]

Tops should be eliminated, period. There are other options that are out there for free tuition such as the National Guard or the Reserves. Plus they pay you to go to school and instill discipline and a sense of self worth by serving for something much larger than yourself.

[raoul]

Or better yet----Pay tuition REIMBURSEMENT after attainment of a satisfactory grade report at the end of each semester.