Tagged - Tuition
Campus Dining
Dining plans are exploitative
As students struggle with the challenge of paying such incredible sums of money to get their degree, one large contributing factor is the exorbitant cost of college meal plans. These plans, once a simple solution for the inevitable inconvenience of cooking on-campus, have quietly become a large revenue stream for educational institutions and their dining service providers. Read More
Ever cheaper
University to Decrease Tuition for the First Time in History
Tuition is set to decrease 15%, the University announced Monday, making URochester one of the only universities in the world to see such a decrease in the last two centuries. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw the email,” sophomore Lindsey Dahn said. “My suite group chat exploded when we got the email — we’re […]
campus brat
Campus Brat: Choosing Rochester (The shame of settling)
I had decided at a very young age that I would go to URochester (although it’s always been “the U of R” to me). I would get free tuition and I could hang out with my dad all the time. Read More
expenses
UR Essentials: student aid or money grab?
From a business perspective, UR Essentials is a gold mine: funnel every student through the bookstore, guarantee revenue, and drive foot traffic for additional sales. But from a student’s perspective, it’s forced consumption with no added value. Read More
Class Action
UR settles lawsuit: partial tuition reimbursement offered to some students
Carstairs alleged that the University failed to provide its promised thirty additional hours of out-of-class student work per credit hour to students taking online classes during the pandemic. Read More
finance
No more Mel Sauce weekend
My tuition is paying for barrels upon barrels of Mel Sauce for this weekend alone. Do we really need a Mel Sauce slip and slide? Read More
college
Why are you in college?
What if we don’t need college at all? What if we do? Let’s explore a bit. Read More
Admissions
Let’s talk about the cost of UR
Our tuition costs more than Harvard’s and Princeton’s. I don’t know about you, but that’s insane to me. Read More
humor
UR Approved for Tuition Increase
“If I’m lucky, I’ll be paying $100k in tuition by the time I graduate!” Read More
good business
Free tuition? C’mon, UR is being too generous.
We all know that the more expensive something is, the more undoubtedly prestigious it is, duh. Read More