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Higher ed tuition hikes needed to maintain quality: Mississippi universities a bargain compared to neighboring states.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Higher ed tuition hikes needed to maintain quality: Mississippi universities a bargain compared to neighboring states.(Focus)

Article Excerpt
Even though college students and their families are bracing for higher tuition costs at the state's eight public universities, Mississippi higher education remains a very good value, say business leaders and professors.

"Nobody ever likes to raise tuition, but it's one of those necessary things that must be done if you're going to keep the university system moving forward," said Blake Wilson, president of the Mississippi Economic Council, who lived in Delaware and Florida before moving to the Magnolia State in 1998. "We still have very competitively priced universities and we want to make sure they keep their edge."

By comparison, tuition at the University of Delaware for the 2003-04 academic year, the most recent reporting period for the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), shot up 12.8% to $6,498 to cover state...

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