Tuition to go up to help the state pay it’s bills

    Problems with the state’s budget might force an increase in the cost of a college education.
    However, any higher tuition for the UNC system won’t go directly to the schools.
    It will go into the state’s general fund first.
    The money would then be allocated to the universities in the system.
    UNC President Erskine Bowles wants a cap on the increases.
    Tuition increases for in-state students can’t be more than six-and-a-half percent.
    None of this sits well with students.
    “I don’t think my money should be going to the state, I’m not paying the state I’m paying the university for my education so I feel like the money should directly impact me and UNC in some way,“ said Lauren Mosteller, a UNC Chapel Hill student.
    Bowles will ask the General Assembly to set aside half of the additional money for need based financial aid.