Tuition Hikes Still Affecting SJSU Students
With the school year at San Jose State University more than half way finished, tuition increases implemented before the fall semester are still taking a toll on students.
The idea of tuition increases is not something new to SJSU students.
For more than two years now tuition has steadily increased anywhere from 10 percent to 12 percent annually.
Many people choose to attend SJSU because it offers a quality education at a reasonable price, but within a few years this will not be the case.
With uncertainty around every corner, "It makes education nearly unattainable for poor people," said Brendan Lien, 20, an engineering major at SJSU. "That being said however, I understand the university needs to increase tuition to cover costs that the state of California is no longer funding."
Despite the drastic increases in tuition, the quality of education at SJSU seems to be diminishing.
Departments have cut out entire courses and laid off many professors as well.
As tuition continues to rise, "You would think that all of this extra money that we are paying would affect our quality of education, but in reality it has actually been noticeably worse," said Shawn Niknam, 20, a biology major at SJSU.
With no sign of hope in the future, something must drastically change in order to alleviate rising tuition fees for students at SJSU.
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