Generally quiet since his election in 2009, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell came out this week with guns blazing in the battle to address rising college tuition--rates that almost always outstrip the limited inflation rates this country has seen for years.
Apparently, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) raised tuition on in-state students 24% this year--something the Governor questioned from his position in Richmond, surrounded as he is by VCU's aggressive building campaign. So--the Gov decided to hold back state money equal to half the value of the tuition increase, to send a message to state universities about keeping tuition down.
Nicely done, Governor. Nicely done.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
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Big education is a constituent of Democratic Party, that's why it is not uncommon for tenured professors to make well in excess of 200k a year. Of course they do teach a class or two every now and again.
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