While much of the United States continues to suffer from ever-increasing undergraduate tuition, a number of colleges and universities have actually cut prices. Many more aren’t quite so brave, but they are freezing rates at current levels.
Mount Holyoke College, a small liberal arts school in western Massachusetts and one of the illustrious Seven Sisters women’s colleges, is probably the most notable school to halt tuition increases.
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The freeze at Mount Holyoke marks the second in as many years. Tuition and fees for the 2013-14 academic year will be $41,270, which is essentially equivalent to the rate students paid in 2011-12. Prices for on-campus room and board prices will also remain the same next year.
When Lynn Pasquerella, Mount Holyoke’s president, was promoting last year’s tuition freeze, she spoke of a lasting change in the way the school would manage costs. Turns out she was serious.
“We’re committed to our mission of providing a quality education to students regardless of socioeconomic background,” Pasquerella told Inside Higher Ed in an interview. “We can’t continue to raise tuition, with burgeoning student loan burdens, and increase the discount rate for the college.”
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