Students say hike would make education too expensive for middle-income families
Administrators and student lobbyists are preparing to go to the mat over next year's tuition rate, as high-ranking university officials say a large increase is overdue.
The debate centers around how much a University of Arizona education should cost, increasing financial aid and the actual destination of tuition money.
Although Arizona has the second-lowest tuition in the United States, a recent report by the Lumina Foundation for Education found that 17 percent of Arizona universities are still unaffordable for lower-income students who are dependent upon their parents' income, once costs like housing and books are factored in.
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