What Other States are Doing Regarding Budget Cuts and Higher Education
Tying Tuition to Averages A Bad Idea
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sept. 8, 2011
Nevada suspended its tuition policy that was tied to national pricing trends and regional university pricing averages. Similar solutions have been presented in Louisiana, but have never been adopted. The Nevada situation shows that regional data is better used as a rule-of-thumb than a policy-setting mechanism.
