How about freezing the state’s (huge) expenditures on the subsidized universities, including a freeze on the compensation of every one of the featherbedded vice presidents, associate deans, provosts, etc., etc.? The problem is spending, not revenue.
It would not be a bad idea provided the public colleges were able to estimate the costs for the entire 4 years factoring in inflation and charge the student a level tuition for the 4 years.The student would be paying a little more the first year or two to have the guarantee of level payments over the 4 years. I would not consider this a price freeze because projected inflationary cost increases are factored into the level plan. However if he is just talking about freezing tuition at current rates and having the taxpayer eat the increased costs in the future while tuition revenue is frozen, I would be against it.
His propensity to spout populist drivel is one reason I’ve never liked this guy very much.
Of course, that 30M in Texas taxpayer dollars earmarked for illegals to tap into for college tuition remains Rick’s sacred cow not to be touched.
Sweet, illegal aliens as well could lock their prices now for Texas in state tution. Plan ahead illegals, this might work.
UT San Antonio - Tuition and fees (lots of fees)
2008 - ~$5000/year
2012 - Current price $4800 for one semester (6 months)
*Tuition has nearly doubled in 4 years. That is nuts.
How about outlawing college loans backed by the feds. That’ll stop the money gushing.
How to fix higher education? Get rid of the “Everyone deserves/has a right to a college degree” baloney. Return to real academic standards. Eliminate entire university departments that exist only because of political correctness (Womyn’s Studies, African Studies, “human resources” in business schools, etc.). Privatize the student loan business and allow lenders to charge different interest rates based on different college majors (higher-earning majors are less risky to a lender than, say, a worthless degree in Intercultural Studies).
But most of this will require a lot of lazy left-wing professors to get real jobs or starve, so it will never happen...
What we need to do is tax the wealthy professors!
They need to pay their fair share, instead of living their obscene excessive lifestyles, off of educational corporate greed.