Florida Board of Governors approves 15 percent tuition increase for FIU

“FIU’s annual tuition is $3,292 below the national average for public, doctoral-granting universities.”

Because average is what FIU aims for.

15% increase for 5 years in a row. Please, Mr. Rosenberg, why are we asking for the maximum increase for five years in a row?

Disappointing to hear, but what can you do when we’ve got a state government that just wants to screw us over? God, I hate Rick Scott.

Forget about the cost. FIU would do better to improve the quality of the programs than to focus on funding. Instead of wasting all that money on additional academic advisors, why not create an interactive computer tutorial to teach students how the course reconciliation progress toward degree works so they can largely self advise instead of making it so difficult? You can’t tell me that all these kids who are constantly on their phones and laptops playing games are not smart enough to figure out the advising breakdowns.

F.I.U’s tuition will increase by 15%?!?! Are you serious now? I graduated from this school with a bachelors in Psychology and I feel like a great majority of the teachers were highly unqualified. The education at F.I.U accomodates for those students who have poor english skills and to the students who need to be passed in order to get ahead in life. When attending F.I.U, you had teachers lecturing in spanish at times, and it was a chemistry class! I felt like I was living in South America. If you are going to increase the tuition, I hope you change your staff because they are LOUSY! In all honesty, I felt like I was in highschool all over again, as the education was below average.

I’m very disappointed with the Florida Board of Governors approving yet another tuition hike for FIU to the tune of a 15% increase. Of course, I understand they had to raise tuition in order to offset the cuts made by Rick Scott. This is exactly the reason why young people have to start [caring] and vote since what happens in Tallahassee affects them here at home! If more students were less apathetic and more involved in politics, we would get leaders who want to properly fund education and make it more affordable for everyone as opposed to creating additional burdens and obstacles. Young people have to wake up and realize that the system will keep screwing them over unless they have high voter turnouts like senior citizens.