 Texas Tech won't raise tuition |
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| Texas Tech won't raise tuition |
 May 9 2008, 03:15 PM
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5767801.html
QUOTE LUBBOCK — Texas Tech University's Board of Regents today bucked a statewide trend and voted to freeze tuition for next school year. Student and parking fees, as well as room and board charges, also will not go up for 2008-2009. pretty good press for tech coming from the AP |
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May 9 2008, 03:38 PM
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they don't need to raise tuition because they raised it so high while you and i were there, the rest of the state is probably just now catching up to the money-grubbing bastards
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May 9 2008, 03:44 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
no shit man. My total tuition + fees in fall 1998 was like $1300
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May 9 2008, 04:19 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
ut, a&m, and even angelo state outraised us percentage-wise ever since deregulation in 2001.
every year there is a bill to reregulate tuition and it gets voted down with little substantial debate |
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May 11 2008, 08:58 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 26-June 06 From: San Marcos and San Antonio Member No.: 221 |
Tuition Rereg will be another hot topic again. State Representative Patrick Rose has been talking about it for the last year, he got the tax free weekend for textbooks.
Call your local State Rep and encourage them to make this an issue. |
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May 11 2008, 09:08 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
I still don't understand why they thought deregulation would be beneficial for the students. I remember hearing some douchebag bureaucrat supporting it way-back-when by saying it would make it "cheaper for the student."
Because deregulation sure made cable/phone/airline services cheaper... I understand competition is cool and typically works for most economic matters, but WTF were they thinking for tuition!? -------------------- |
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May 12 2008, 08:05 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 26-June 06 From: San Marcos and San Antonio Member No.: 221 |
They claimed that tuition competition would turn into "tuition wars" with public schools, when that actually hasn't happened period.
Texas State is raising tuition and fees again. But this is due to Texas State Students voting to push our football team to to D1-FBS, tons of renovations around campus, bringing in some amazing programs and new degree plans. Texas State has a problem with getting alumni support as well. It is starting to come in though. The biggest problem was our switch to the name 'Texas State University'. |
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May 12 2008, 10:41 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
getting a division 1 team for texas state is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. Really.... people just dont come to our school for the athletics. Plus, UT is like right there, and we wouldnt even be in the Big 12. Everyone supports UT around here
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May 12 2008, 11:34 AM
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sweet. Maybe in the next few years UT will have a realistic shot at dropping 100 points on an opponent
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May 13 2008, 08:22 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
yeah, txstate made a title run in 2005 so suddenly we thought we were bcs caliber...then two wins in 2007.
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May 14 2008, 06:35 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 26-June 06 From: San Marcos and San Antonio Member No.: 221 |
well... lol I will be the biggest Texas State Supporter in the world. We held our own against A&M in 2005 and against Baylor this last year. we will be playing SMU this season. I think it's a brilliant idea. Not only that, but brings more money our way.
And we would be in Conference USA possibly. There's nothing wrong with that. |
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May 14 2008, 06:41 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
QUOTE (Melanie @ May 14 2008, 07:35 PM)  well... lol I will be the biggest Texas State Supporter in the world. We held our own against A&M in 2005 and against Baylor this last year. we will be playing SMU this season. I think it's a brilliant idea. Not only that, but brings more money our way. And we would be in Conference USA possibly. There's nothing wrong with that. Wait, your justification for TSU being in D-1 is they held their own against Baylor? Baylor sucks. If Texas State joins D-1 they'll win 0-2 games a year for the next 10 years -------------------- |
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May 14 2008, 07:00 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 26-June 06 From: San Marcos and San Antonio Member No.: 221 |
for us to have a really bad season this year and we held our own against Baylor is good. They have the recruiting mechanisms that Texas State doesn't have. and it's not TSU. Texas Southern gets pissy when people say that.
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May 14 2008, 07:14 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
my issue is that the argue that this will bring a lot of money to the school since we have no alumni support. i think alumni would rather support a strong d1-aa team than a losing d1-a team
for instance fiu & fau vs. app state. |
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May 14 2008, 08:51 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
i could see tx state being a bottom barrel CUSA team
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