Each spring, the Idaho State Board of Education -- usually in response to an inadequate higher education appropriation - boosts the price college students must pay for their degrees. According to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, only six states have cut deeper into college and university budgets, and Idaho has responded with the 19th fastest rise in student tuition. Not to worry, say state board and college administrators. Idaho's tuition remains a bargain compared to other states. As the Idaho Statesman's Bill Roberts reports, they can cite the College Board, which ranks tuition at Idaho's four-year schools as the seventh lowest in the country. Among the 15 members of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, Idaho's tuition stands in the middle. Of course, that sidesteps the fact Idahoans earn a good deal less than just about anyone else/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Did you or a child graduate from an Idaho college? Did you think it was a good bargain for your education dollar?