Page 10 Thursday, October 4, 1984 The Capitol Times How high will tuition go? BOSTON (CPS) - By the time the babies born this year get to college, they may have to pay $45,000 to $lBO,OOO for their degrees and face a huge post graduate debt, according to a recent accounting firm study. "We've witnessed an in crease of more than 330 percent in tuition and required fees over the past 15 years in the public sector alone," says Clark Ber nard, chair of higher education planning for Coopers and Lybrand, which conducted the college costs study for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). If such rapid tuition increases continue through the turn of the century, as many financial experts expect, 'families who have a child this year will pro bably have to spend $45,000 for a public college education in 18 years," Bernard says. The cost of sending a child to a private college, moreover, will run from $140,00 to $lBO,OOO, the study predicts. "The implications (of the study) are extremely serious," says Allan Ostar, AASCU president. "We may well be creating a debtor class of students" by charging so much for tuition MID-TOWN PIZZA Call for c!? l ll2e 9 r s y prices Mid-town Plaza 450 E. Main St., Middletown, Pa. SALADS All You Can Eat. Large Small Chef Salad Sm. Chef Salad Hours: Monday thru Wednesday -- 11-12 Thursday thru Saturday -- 11-1 a.m. Sunday -- 11:30-9 that students will spend decades paired." "may well be influenced in them repay their loans, rather paying back their education And future college students what kind of career they go in- than choosing the field they loans, he says. facing such momentous debts to based on how well it will help really want to go into." Currently, the cost of atten ding a public college averages $15,000, Bernard says, white four years at a private in stituiton runs about $37,000. A recent University of Wisconsin study, Ostar says, shows that today's average col lege student already has a debt of $B2OO upon graduation. Compounding high tuition rates is the federal student aid programs' shift from giving students money through grants to a greater dependence on loan programs. Two decades ago, Ostar re counts, about 70 percent of all federal student aid was in the form of grants and other awards. Today, 70 percent of all aid money is in loans which students must repay after graduating. If tuition rates continue to soar and the balance between grants and loans remains lop sided, he warns, "a student's ability to purchase consumer goods, a car, clothes -- just the things it takes to get started in life -- will be seriously im- Onions Extra Cheese Pepperoni Sausage Mushrooms Green Peppers Meatballs Anchovies Cheese Supreme Special Canadian Bacon Black Olives Ground Beef Each extra item on whole Pizzas...sl.oo Lasagna - Stuffed Shells Regular Italian Ham and Cheese Capicota and Cheese Salami and Cheese Turkey Turkey Chese Tuna Chicken Cheese Roast Beef Roast Beef and Cheese Ham, Turkey and _Cheese 10% DISCOUNT ON ALL FOOD WITH PENN STATE ID 1.99 Manicotti - Ravioli 3.50 1.99 Spaghetti w/Sauce 3.00 1.29 Spaghetti w/Meatballs 3.50 2.25 Spaghetti w/Sausage 3.75 1.50 EXTRA: Mushrooms, Green Peppers..o.7s PIZZA DINNERS Photo by Lisa Mauss The Student Center - and this student - lumped with excitement last Friday during S.U.S.O.G.'s Air Guitar Contest MEDIUM LARGE SICILIAN 4.75 7.00 5.50 8.00 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 7.00 9.50 8.75 11.25 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 5.75 8.25 $4.25 4.75 5.25 5.25 5.25 5.25 5.25 5.25 5.25 6.00 7.75 5.25 5.25 5.25 PLATTERS Meatball.. Sausage... Meatball & Sausage.. Green Pepper & Mushroom Meatball, Sausage, Green Pepper & Mushroom 3.75 ...2.70 ...2.90 ...3.25 HOT SUBS Steak Steak w/Cheese Meatball Meatball w/Cheese Sausage Sausage Cheese Stromboli Sausage Roll Beef Bar-B-(1 COLD SUBS 2.40 2.65 2.40 2.65 2.40 2.65 3.25 1.70 1.15
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