The Tuition Increases Must Stop

Ann Wallace writes of another way colleges are raising costs, by capping the limit of credits that students may take per semester under the standard tuition schedule.

For example, Austin Peay State University will limit the number of credits per semester to 12 - that is only three classes of four credits - before it charges additional fees above full tuition.

According to the article, this action was no different than an 30% increase in tuition if a student takes a normal class load.

It will take the students five years to complete a four year degree if they follow the reduced class load. How can they afford to stay in school the extra year? The students cannot, in fact afford the tuition and must rely on greater student loans.

Or said another way, the reason why this school can raise tuition by 30% next year is because student loans are available. The reason why student loans are available in copious amounts is that student loan debt can never be canceled - and this means that a generation of young people are signing up to be life-long slaves.