Yea its call a recession, doesnt take a brain surgeon to figure this out.

and why doesn't the government factor OUT retirement savings when filling out a FASFA form? if you have anything in savings, as a parent, they want to know. that way your child doesn't qualify for public aid. i guess they would just have everyone work until they die and NOT save for retirement that way they whole country can be on welfare.

Are you kidding me? This guy thinks its unfair to raise rates because they outpace hoosiers incomes, what abot gas prices? Why are these guys not asking about that? Their worried about thier kids cost, because I cant afford to send mine to college, these clowns are so far out of touch with the real world it's scary.

The Collages and Universities want to increase tuition 122 percent for students. Lets look at some facts from the Indianapolis Star newspaper (http://www.indystar.com/data/government/state_salaries2008_results.shtml ). The President of the United States is payed $230,700 per year. The President of Indiana and Purdue Universities each make $450,000 per year. The Governor of Indiana is payed $95,000 and his pay is not even close to the highest payed person employed by the state. The top 1000 state employes make over 144,000 dollars per year each. And 972 of that 1000 are employed by our state Universities. Are you starting to get the picture. The tax payers of Indiana are struggling to keep food on the table and make their mortgage payments, and the so called Professors and Administers are voting themselves pay increases. I have heard every excuse there is why they deserve these exorbitant wages, none of which I believe. Its time they get payed what they are worth not what they think they worth. There are 194 that make over a quarter million dollars a year, and 245 that make over 200,000 a year, all at Universities. Do you see something wrong with this picture ?

the cost of benefits / health insurance alone has far outpaced the inflation rate, along with soaring fuel costs to heat and maintain the bricks and mortar of these institutions.