The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-28
HIGHER EDUCATION
COST is MOUNTING
Average Increase in Tuition at
Twenty Institutions Is
S25 n Year.
REASONS FOR ADVANCE

Tie cost VI higher education Is in
e%ressing.
limos every large university in Amer
u, has increased its tuition charges
r,,hin the last 1--WE years, and accord
Ing 10 those who should know the end
q, no, vet. Five great Eastern universe
nes-lfarvard. Yale, Princeton. Column
,a and Cornell-have found Il ncces-
ANY 10 raise their tn ton rates re-
Gently The big State universities Of the
we., and middle West as well as The
] ,n,ller colleges have made proportion
ale Increases.
The reasons set forth most frequently
.-e that the cost OF higher education
mus, I've made to keep up with the In
creased cost Of living hat the wisdom
AZ having salaries more nearly equal to
cha, the earning capacity Of the pro-
,sssors would be in other lines of en-
aeavor is becoming more apparent thai
Al best the student is but a beneficiary
and il, is only logical that he should
hear a greater share of the burden.
Il mas been suggested further that in
,,c,n, wears ~endowments to established
universities for general maintenance
have been fewer and that IL has not
o,'y been thought wise but il became
absolutely necessary not to DEPEND longer
on such endowments 20 cover the IN
f-eased cost VI running the institutions.
T-se who have given money recently
nave preferred for the most part TO give
to for specific purposes. such as new
buildings. which after all only add to
inc COS, Of maintaining the university.
The Harvard Corporation OF April 26
a., voted to increase the tuition from
$3.50 To 5000 for all students in Harvard
',ilcee. the graduate school of arts and
sciences, the graduate school OF busi-
ness administration. the schools OF archi-
lecture and landscape architecture and
he Russey Institution with the school
% forestry. This increase does not APP
%. 10 the medical school, the divinity
school or the law school. The increase
Is 10 become effective with the classes
entering In september, 1915.
Changes at Yale.
The tuition for Harvard students TAX
!rg courses in mechanical. electrical.
cvil and sanitary engineering. mining
and metallurgy. also research in the
different branches OF applied science,
vas increased from $50 TO $3.50 when
the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
rology and HarvarSagreed to cooperate
early last year. This increase applies
70 all students entering these courses
subsequent 20 the agreement.
Up to the college year l9l3-l4 the
tuition in Yale College was Sl55 a year
Or three years and sl65 for the senior
year. In 1924 the yearly tuition re-
NAMED the same, but SIS instead OF sic
was added for the senior year. Their
for l914-15 the tuition was raised &c
$3.50 and the senior charge was again
made SO additional.
In tho Sheffield Scientific School al
Yale the tuition was formerly $50 plus
Sc laboratory and library charges. In
lsii-l5 the tuition was raised to s1so
illus slO.5O laboratory and library
,aarges. The tuition in the graduate
school at Yale, formerly 500. was raised
% Si25 for the year 1sl4-l5. The
,l!,Ion in the medical school and In tbs
,aw school remains at $3.50 and h tut
ION in the school of forestry remain
At sle5.
\ I Princeton University. where NHtit
has been no tuition increase for nv
uysars, II has been announced that begin
ling with the class entering this raj
iae tuition will he increased SIS. a chang
from $50 10 sl75.
Cornell University has increased hei
tuition fees In three departments. tbs
Increases going into effect last fall. The
.u.tion In the colleges OF arts and
sciences. law and veterinary surger!
vas raised from 500 to 1925. The tut
ron In other departments remains the
same. but in the colleges of mechanical
sad civil engineering a laboratory fe'
Il S25 was added to III regular tuition
Of $3.50 when the other changes were
made.
At Columbia University a different
system of charging is in vogue. There
ne change has been raised from 50 &c
So a point. The average number OF
points taken by a student In each veal
IS th~irty-one, so the average increase /:
El a year. a change from 1855 10 sls6.
Average Increase &9S.
W the following table there are shown
twenty universities and colleges tina
lave increased their tuition charges
Ethin the last five years. In the cast
q universities the tuition shown in tn
Hble applies only to the college OF art
md sciences, the regular college course
The information was obtained in mos
.... ag.o,.,. f,,p, tho natittitiona LIST ed