首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
Yes, that college tuition bill was bigger this year. Confirming what students and their parents already knew, an influential
Yes, that college tuition bill was bigger this year. Confirming what students and their parents already knew, an influential
admin
2011-04-26
61
问题
Yes, that college tuition bill was bigger this year.
Confirming what students and their parents already knew, an influential education think tank (智囊机构) says that states are passing along their budget woes (困难) to public university students and their families. Tuitions are rising by double digits in some states, while the amount of state-funded student aid is dropping.
The result, says the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education in San Jose, Calif., is "the worst fiscal news for public higher education institutions and their students in at least a decade."
Although incomes are rising by only 1% to 2 % in most states, tuition at four-year public schools leapt by 24% in Massachusetts, 20% in Texas and 7% nationally since the 2001-2002 school year, the center says.
State budget deficits (预算赤字) are the cause. Nationally, states spend about 48% of their revenue on education, or about $235 billion in 2001 for kindergarten through college, says the National Governors Association. Elementary and secondary education budgets are protected in many state constitutions, which means they are generally the last expense that states will cut. But higher education is vulnerable to budget cuts-- and tuition increases: After all, no one has to go to college.
Colleges and universities "have clients they can charge," says the National Center’s president, Patrick M. Callan. Tuition "is the easiest money to get," he adds.
The pressure to raise tuition is particularly intense because states froze or even cut state university tuition during the 1990s. With its eye on the knowledge-driven economic boom, the University of Virginia cut tuition by 20% in 1999. This year, although per-capita income grew by less than 1% in Virginia, the state raised tuition at its four-year colleges by 9% and cut student aid by 8%, or about $10 million.
The rising cost of public education, and the fear that it is financially squeezing some students out of an education, has prompted some state universities to adopt a practice long used by private schools to attract students: tuition discounting. In tuition discounting, colleges turn around a share of the tuition paid by some students, and use it to pay for scholarships for others. Private colleges typically return $35 to $45 in scholarships for every $100 they collect in tuition revenue. But until recently, states have viewed discounting as politically unpopular.
There are a few steps students and their families can take to offset rising tuitions, but not many. Because colleges are always interested in raising academic quality, talented students can pit one college against another in hopes of raising their financial-aid offer. Some colleges now invite students to call and renegotiate their aid packages if they get a better offer from another institution.
As indicated in the passage, states cut university tuition when ______.
选项
A、the state-funded student aid was dropping
B、the economy was booming
C、per-capita income grew by less than 1%
D、private schools began to practice tuition discounting
答案
B
解析
本题为推理题。题目问的是在什么情况下各州会削减大学的学费。根据原文第七段的第一句可以得知在20世纪90年代各州冻结甚至削减了大学学费。根据第二句可以发现在经济繁荣的时候大学学费会减少。因此,正确答案是B项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/KyqC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
Forthispart,youaresupposedtowritealetterof100-120wordsbasedonthefollowingsituation.Remembertowriteitclearl
WhydidStanleyWilliamswriteanti-gangbooks?WhywasWilliamsnominatedforaNobelPrize?
Insteadofresearchingandwritingtheirpapers,somestudents______.UsingtheprogramdevelopedatUniversityofCalifornia
Don’tworry,Ihavealready______them______thedecision.
Thisstorymentionscollegegraduatesat_______.Whichofthefollowingthingsdidnothappeninthefouryearsthattheclass
It’sveryinformalhere,you______wearatieunlessyouwantto.
Manycountriesareincreasingtheiruseofnaturalgas,windandotherformsof______.
ItwasSunday.Thetrainswerecrowded.Agentlemanwaswalkingalongtheplatform【21】aplace.Inoneof【22】hesawavacantseat
Ontheanniversaryoftheartist’sbirth,VanGogh’sSunflowerswas【21】forjustunder£25millionatthefineartauctioneers(拍
随机试题
觉醒和睡眠是如何产生和维持的?
A.风寒感冒B.风热感冒C.暑湿感冒D.气虚感冒E.阴虚感冒身热,微恶风寒,少汗,头昏,心烦,口干,干咳少痰,舌红少苔,脉细数。证属
A.足厥阴、足少阳、足少阴经B.手太阴、足阳明、手厥阴经C.足太阴、手阳明、足厥阴经D.足阳明、手阳明、手厥阴经E.足厥阴、手太阳、足太阴经以上哪组经脉皆与肝相联系
十进制数字88的BCD码为()。
如图所示之结构中BC和AC都是圆截面直杆,直径均为d=20mm,材料都是Q235钢,其许用应力[σ]=160pa,则该结构的许可载荷为( )。
根据下列资料。回答下列小题。相对于2004年,2011年全国粮食产量增长了()。
当事人订立合同,应当具有()。
熟女真、生女真
设A为n阶正定矩阵.证明:对任意的可逆矩阵P,PTAP为正定矩阵.
有以下程序: #include<stdio.h> main() { intk=5; while(--k) printf("%d",k-=3); printf("\n"); } 程序运行后的输出结果是(
最新回复
(
0
)