The Portland State University Board of Trustees has proposed a 12-18% Tuition increase for the 2019-2020 academic year. Sign the petition to tell the Board NO to the proposed tuition hike. Quality public education is a right, not a privilege reserved for the elite.
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April 30, 2019
The stories shared in the comments reveal the genuine anxiety these costs create for students and their families. I have been documenting these accounts to present directly to the Board of Trustees during our upcoming meeting.
April 30, 2019
Reaching this level of engagement confirms that the burden of this tuition increase is felt deeply across our entire campus community. This momentum proves that students and families are unwilling to accept these costs as an inevitable reality.
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I am an undocumented college student who is also low income. My family lives in public housing. I am able to pay for my tuition through scholarships. If this increase in tuition occurs, it will create another challenge for me to graduate college. Make college affordable.
PSU is the first school I've attended where maxing out my student loans didn't cover all of my tuition. Shame on the board for disrespecting the non-traditional student body who cannot afford an education.
As a student who can barely afford attending PSU right now this could have a huge impact on whether I can attend more years.
check your privilege yo, please sign for us broke peeps who won’t be able to afford school anymore because we barely scraping up the change as is :/
Attending higher education should not only be something that the wealthy people get. By raising the tuition, those who want their knowledge to serve the city will not get the chance if they can’t afford putting themselves though their education.
I already pay too much for tuition
NO to the proposed tuition hike.
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The Portland State University Board of Trustees has proposed a 12-18% Tuition increase for the 2019-2020 academic year. Sign the petition to tell the Board NO to the proposed tuition hike. Quality public education is a right, not a privilege reserved for the elite.
Updates
April 30, 2019
The stories shared in the comments reveal the genuine anxiety these costs create for students and their families. I have been documenting these accounts to present directly to the Board of Trustees during our upcoming meeting.
April 30, 2019
Reaching this level of engagement confirms that the burden of this tuition increase is felt deeply across our entire campus community. This momentum proves that students and families are unwilling to accept these costs as an inevitable reality.
13 Comments
I could barely afford tuition this year, please don’t make my student debt even worse than it already is!
I am an undocumented college student who is also low income. My family lives in public housing. I am able to pay for my tuition through scholarships. If this increase in tuition occurs, it will create another challenge for me to graduate college. Make college affordable.
PSU is the first school I've attended where maxing out my student loans didn't cover all of my tuition. Shame on the board for disrespecting the non-traditional student body who cannot afford an education.
As a student who can barely afford attending PSU right now this could have a huge impact on whether I can attend more years.
check your privilege yo, please sign for us broke peeps who won’t be able to afford school anymore because we barely scraping up the change as is :/
Attending higher education should not only be something that the wealthy people get. By raising the tuition, those who want their knowledge to serve the city will not get the chance if they can’t afford putting themselves though their education.
I already pay too much for tuition
NO to the proposed tuition hike.
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I could barely afford tuition this year, please don’t make my student debt even worse than it already is!