CUNY Tuition Hike.

So recently the Board of Trustees had a meeting at my college CUNY Baruch to discuss whether or not CUNY should raise the tuition of CUNY by 300 each school year until 2015. Many students including myself were not happy about this decision because it may lead to future tuition hikes in the future and not many can afford it as of now.

Just like the protesters at Wall Street, many students from different CUNY colleges decided to protest at Baruch where this meeting was being held at. As a result, many students were arrested and being force to stay out of the college by the NYPD and Security .

CUNY is a great system where college can actually be affordable to many young individuals who have to reject going to private universities such as a NYU or Columbia because of the high tuition cost. Especially Baruch College, which is starting to earn a great reputation as one of the Best Business school in NYC and maybe the whole country, is such an affordable college with many graduates finding good jobs after graduation.

The Tuition Hike was passed as a result of the economic struggle in New York and in the United States. Many people wonder what is going to happen next and how will this effect many young individuals who only option is to attend CUNY because of the affordable Tuition. But now that tuition is increasing, one should question if the dropout rate will increase in the next couple of years.