YSU eyes 3.5% hike in tuition

It would be a sin if they decide to raise tuition again in these tough economic times. If they want enrollment to keep increasing, they should not take advantage of the students by gouging them. The employees should be willing to give back. They are well-paid and have above average benefits. They should be willing to sacrifice to help the community.

Does anyone know when this decision is made?
My daughter is planning on going to YSU next year but the rate hikes every year might make it unaffordable for us. They just increased 3.5%. I guess they need to buy more buildings and chase away youngstown people who wanted to attend YSU

why don't the employees give back all that money they received as bonus this past summer?

The employees want to get paid when times are good but don't want to give back when times are bad!

With over $800 Billion in stimulus money available you'd think some smart person would figure out how to use some of it for EDUCATION.

Are there any "smart" people around?

The businesses and rich people in Ohio who are getting the tax breaks right now will be crying in the future when there are no qualified employees to support them in their old age.

I'll just send her to another school. Thats a no brainer there. With her grades and ACT score she can go just about anywhere I get 1-2 calls per week. It just amazes me they spend millions on buildings and the students pay for it. By your first post I'm guessing you never went to YSU or any college

Hope. If your 5 kids went to public universities, they received taxpayer dollars along with your tuition dollars.

Ytownnative, I understand your plea for no more tuition hikes, but I hope you understand that there really is no university out there--in Ohio or in any other state at this point--that is not facing exactly the same problem that is described in this article. You will see EVERY state university in Ohio raise tuition by 3.5 percent next year, because if you read the article closely, this is money that is being withdrawn from ALL Ohio public universities. So all of them will be scrambling to make that money from the only other source they have: the students.

If you send your daughter out of state, you'll pay even more money than you would be sending her in state with a 3.5 percent tuition hike (which is about 250 dollars more than this year, not really all that gouging compared to thousands of dollars in out of state student fees, not to mention room and board in a town or city where you have no family for your daughter to live with).

In Pittsburgh, the city is going to start taxing tuition on students. So really, a 250 dollar increase in tuition here is nothing compared to what Pittsburgh students are going to face next year.

This is a national problem. You can't run away from it. It's not something that's happening just here.

Well, when you give contracts to ACE union members that provide for almost $5,000 bonuses based on enrollment that ACE members have no impact on, is there any wonder why tuition goes up nearly every year?

When you allow the YSU teachers unions to compare themselves to Ohio State's teachers at contract time and pay them similar to OSU's teachers, is there any wonder why tuition goes up nearly every year?

When you pay a football coach $250,000, the next time the teachers contract is negotiated, you think they might want to close the gap between football and academics?

The only priority at YSU is perpetuation of the golden trough.

Apollo, you really don't have a clue. YSU faculty and staff are already paid lower than most other schools. What seems like big bucks to you is not really. Wake up. The only golden trough that exists is in your skewed mind.

Great, yet another poster who thinks that anyone complaining about the golden trough is jealous and making minimum wage. Well, Tigerlily, I'm a highly paid professional. But, giving $5000 bonuses to ACE members is a cruel joke and whenever the teachers contracts are up for negotiations, the teachers always use OSU teachers as the model for what they think they should get. Factor in $250,000K for football coaches and it's no wonder colleges are in financial straights.

Apollo, maybe you should research the employees who are in the ACE union and realize what their positions are at YSU...Admissions, Registration, Records, Scholarship and Financial Aid, Student Accounts, administrative assistants and secretaries in academic and student affairs offices, just to mention a few. I would think these positions have an impact on enrollment.

Disappointed, 2 things affect enrollment. The economy and the cost of education. The ACE members don't affect enrollment one bit. The ONLY reason the enrollment at YSU is up, is because the economy stinks. Enrollment in higher education is up everywhere for that reason.

Maybe YOU should research why enrollment is up and quit trying to justify ridiculous contract bonuses.

I have an under grad and graduate degree from YSU, and a graduate degree from Kent State and additional hours from various other universities (Ashland, Walsh) and YSU is the least student-friendly university and the most expensive???Perhaps they need to remind their employees both classified and certificated, that they are answerable to the taxpayer and that is why so many negative comments abound. The members of the ACE union do very little yet make the most noise.

Actually, it is apparent that the workers deserved the bonus. Without the dedicated workers at YSU, the students would be lost.
Perhaps the solution to secondary education financing, is consolidation. Youngstown State could be consolidated with Akron or vice versa. Also, Kent State and Cleveland State could be consolidated. Toledo and Bowling Green could be consolidated. The consequence of such a move would be less presidents, coaches, board members, provosts, vice presidents, planners, facility directors, registrars, police chiefs, assistant coaches, athletic marketing people, development staff, etc etc. That just maybe the solution!!!!!!!!!!

Consolidation is always interesting in theory, PHISHIE, but you wouldn't lose as many positions as you think. They'd still maintain each of those campuses, and each of those campuses would retain those positions as local or branch positions. The only positions that would be cut are the ones at the very top: president and board members. A couple of coaches. In the end, it's not a long-term solution.

tkytown, i have no idea where you get your facts about ysu being least student friendly and most expensive. last time i checked, ysu was the cheapest university in ohio, and in much of the nation in general. and i've never seen any surveys of university friendliness towards students. this sounds like another person quoting their beliefs and feelings as facts.

apollo, i never said anything in the least that should have made you think i perceived you to be a minimum wage worker. i simply stated that the golden trough you perceive to be in existence--and that i will agree probably exists in the upper tier level of public positions--does not truly exist in the lower rank and file of ysu staff and faculty. if you look at most of the people who work the campus, they're making slightly more per year than your average full time target or walmart worker. no fooling. look it up. it's all public record.

Actually many jobs would be eliminated with consolidation. Hundreds of jobs would be elimnated with consoldiation. As usuall some people talk out of their behinds and think such is fact.

Furthermore, the long term solution is consolidation. There would be no need for two football teams, basketball teams, accounting depts, account payable depts, registration depts, athletic departments, deans, asst deans, provosts, board members, purchasing depts, student affairs depts, etc etc........consolidation is the way to go