Every spring,USuniversity administrators gather to discuss the next academic year's budget.They consider faculty salaries,utility costs for dormitories,new building needs
and repairs to oldones. They run the numbers and conclude一it seems,inevitably一that,yet again,the costof tuition 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 numberscontinued to rise.
According touniversity officials,college cost increases are simply the result of balancinguniversity checkbooks."Tuition increases at
our revenue needsfor each year."said the university's president,Dr Bill Brown."Studenttuition pays for 78 percent of
the university'soperating costs." Brown's school is a private university that enrollsabout 3,100 undergrads and is consistently recognized by annual college rankingguides
like US News andWorld 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 oftrustees (董事).________(48)Thisboard oversees(监管)all of a state's public
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 whenever
possible to thepeople of the state for free.Durham said that
ECU 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 everyuniversity.To receive financial aid,US students complete a formal applicationwith the federal government. The federal government then decides whether
an applicant iseligible(有资格的)for grantsor loans.________(50)
A.The application isthen 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 stateeducation 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.
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[单选题]Rising Tuition inthe USEvery spring,USuniversity administrators gather to d
[单选题]Rising Tuition inthe USEvery spring,USuniversity administrators gather to d
[单选题]Rising Tuition inthe USEvery spring,USuniversity administrators gather to d
[单选题]Rising Tuition inthe USEvery spring,USuniversity administrators gather to d
[单选题]Rising Tuition inthe USEvery spring,USuniversity administrators gather to d
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