Rising Tuition at SCSU: A Student's Perspective

Many changes have taken place at South Carolina State University. With a lower rate of enrollment, and a deficit of $13 million, there have been decisions made by the university's administration to raise tuition. This raise in tuition, though considered a minor increase by some, is a major issue that faces students.

The decision to raise tuition happened during the summer after students already put in their financial aid for the previous cost of tuition. The sudden change caused many students to have to rush to find a solution in less than a month.This left many students with balances for the fall semester. I decided to get the opinions of students.







I spoke with Gabrielle, a sophomore speech pathology and audiology major from Charleston, SC. She was not pleased with the raise in tuition. "It limits opportunities", she says. "It makes it harder for students to go to school and live on campus."

Brandon, a senior biology major from Charleston, SC was indifferent to the raise in tuition. "The raise in tuition doesn't affect me because I stay off campus and the military pays for my schooling."








Some students were more upset with the heavy issuing of parking tickets in conjunction with the larger tuition bill. "I don't like the fact that they are raising tuition when they are creating more parking tickets for everyone", senior English education major Alonzo said. "It lowers enrollment, especially when you're coming from out of state", said freshman business management major Chaoke.

When students are not involved in the decision-making processes that affect them, it creates an atmosphere of mistrust. Students should always feel that they can trust the school administrators to make decisions with their best interests in mind.