Rising Tuition inthe US

Every spring,USuniversity administrators gather to discuss the next academic year's budget.

They considerfaculty salaries,utility costs for dormitories,new building needs and repairsto old ones .They run the numbers and conclude-it seems,inevitably-that,yet

again,the cost oftuition must go up.

According to theUS's College Board,the price of attending a four-year private university in theUS rose 81 percent between 1993 and 2004.______(46)In 2005 and 2006,the

numbers continued torise.

According touniversity officials,college cost increases are simply the result of balancinguni-versity checkbooks.“Tuition increases at Cedarville Universityare determined

by our revenue needsfor each year.”said the university's president,Dr. Bill Brown.“Student tuitionpays for 78 percent of the university's operating costs.”Brown's school is a

private universitythat enrolls about 3,100 undergrads and is consistently recognized by annualcollege ranking guides like US News and World Report's and The Princeton

Review's.______(47)

Tuition at privateuniversities is set by administration officials and then sent for approval tothe school's board of trustees (董事）.______( 48 ) This board oversees（监管）

all of a state'spublic institutions.

JohnDurham,assistant secretary to the board of trustees at East CarolinaUniversity(ECU), explains that state law says that public institutions mustmake their services

available wheneverpossible to the people of the state for free.Durham said that North Carolina residents only pay 22 percentof the cost of their education.______(49)State

residents attendingECU pay about US $10,000 for tuition,room and board before financial aid.

Amid the news aboutcontinued increases in college costs,however,there is some good news. Tuitionincreases have been accompanied by roughly equal increases in financial

aid at almost ev-eryuniversity.To receive financial aid,US students complete a formal applicationwith the federal government. The federal government then decides whether

an applicant is eligible（有资格的）for grants or loans______(50)______(49)

A.The applicationis then sent to the student's university,where the school itself will decidewhether free money will be given to the student and how much.

B. At publicuniversities,however,tuition increases must also be approved by a stateedu-cation committee,sometimes called the board of governors.

C. The schoolcurrently charges US$23,410 a year for tuition.

D. Many Americanpeople are simply unable to pay the growing cost of food.

E. That's more thandouble the rate of inflation.