Resolution pushes student agenda

The Associated Students of the University of La Verne unanimously passed a resolution Monday that condemned the projected tuition increase for the 2015-2016 school year.

Last April ASULV passed a resolution calling for student input in administrative decisions. This year the administration went ahead and passed the tuition increase without input from ASULV.

It is refreshing to see that students are taking a stand against the administration’s disregard for student opinion when it comes to important decisions that will affect the student population as a whole.

In their resolution, ASULV points out that when students are loaded down by so much debt that they become financially insolvent by the age of 30, then the University is failing as an institution of higher learning.

The University is more focused on reeling in the next set of dewy-eyed freshmen with their big scholarship offers.

Those freshmen don’t realize that after the tuition increases by more than 4 percent three years in a row that scholarship money seems to shrink.

Students have had to withdraw from the University because they do not have the funds for an education.

It is understandable that there might be a small increase in tuition, but 4.9 percent three years in a row seems a bit excessive.

ASULV, as our student representatives, promises to keep advocating for our best interests. Students should contribute as well by participating in forums, actively voicing concerns and contributing to conversations about vital school issues.

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