TO THE EDITOR:
At what point are we, as a student body, going to tell the Board of Governors that enough is enough?
The article about the probable tuition increase should make all of us concerned — not only because tuition is increasing, but because student voices have been all but ignored.
These hikes come at a time when the value of our degree is being questioned. Academic fraud investigations are ongoing into the Department of African and Afro-American Studies, tainting our academic reputation.
Nationally, people have started to question our academic integrity and it’s having an impact on how potential employers see our degrees. Essentially, while the product’s worth has lessened, the price is going up 15.6 percent.
When it comes to hikes in tuition and student fees, the students have largely responded negatively. That response has been disregarded.
There is virtually no student input at a time that is crucial in determining UNC’s future and when there is, the University decides that they know better.
I’m angry. And if you care about this University, you should be too.
Michael Hardison ’14
Political science
