If this trend continues, and the pool of available students continues to shrink the way it has in the past year or two, the University will be in a very difficult position. With increased competition for a shrinking pool of students, the only cure will be significant amounts of money for scholarship aid. A motion was made and seconded, and the committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the Senior Vice President's Report. Quality and choice are preserved at the cost of access. Financial aid is maintained.
Access is preserved at the cost of quality and choice.
Tuition is increased in other colleges to maintain the University's budget. Financial aid is maintained. Access and quality are preserved for some at the cost of choice for many. Zetterberg noted that while access, choice and quality are not mutually exclusive, they do play against each other. The fund shall be used to supplement federal and state need-based grant funds to undergraduate students when increases in tuition that are necessary to preserve the quality of the University's programs and choice among them may reduce access to these programs.