What image is CNU betraying?
With the price of gas rising to unbelievably high levels, tuition being increased and state funds being decreased, what type of impression does CNU betray? Professor Redick, myself and another student were having a discussion about this Thursday evening. With new students being strongly encouraged to live on campus it is hard to come up with the funds necessary to cover almost $16,000 for an in-state student and an outrageous $23,000 for an out-of-state student. However, it is worth the struggle to live on such a beautiful campus, right? Well, then we look at the Juniors and Seniors who are trying to figure out if they actually have a room on campus for the upcoming year, and I can not help but wonder with all these beautiful new buildings going up can’t we invest in some more housing for our students?
It is hardly surprising that an increase in tuition and a decrease in funds have resulted in a downward spiral in the numbers of our upcoming freshman class. Perhaps a good approach for CNU to take would be to hold off on some of the ‘beautification’ occurring on campus until there are solutions for our current problem, such as not being able to pay for an education. Sure the student does not have to attend CNU and it is a personal choice; however, how strongly does this image play in on “costs versus affordability”? Numbers speak a thousand words. Although most, if not all the money President Trible has used in his “visions of CNU” have come from outside sources, not too many people know this and it results in a bitter taste in the mouths of the community at large.
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