With the state slashing its budget for education, student expenses are climbing, and even though the average growth in tuition over last year has only been 7.5 percent, students in the private system have found the increase especially hard to bear.
由於州政府大量刪減教育經費，影響學校財政，造成近幾年來學費節節上漲。以去年到今年來說，雖然學校公佈的學費平均漲幅為百分之七．五，但因各學院不同，私校系統學生尤其大呼吃不消。