It’s encouraging that the Kansas Board of Regents is finally raising concerns about university tuition increases, our editorial today argues. In-state tuition and fees have more than doubled since 2002 at K-State and KU and risen 58æpercent at WSU. Debt loads have increased dramatically across the state university system, too, with the average borrower in the 2006 graduating class owing more than $17,000 in student loans.
Affordability is not more important than educational excellence. But the regents must guard against tuition rates that end up denying Kansans’ access to their higher education system.
