UI’s Staben Offers To Freeze Tuition

University of Idaho President Chuck Staben wants to freeze resident undergraduate tuition rates next year, if the Legislature commits to fully funding a 3 percent salary increase for faculty and staff. Staben, making his first presentation to the joint budget committee since being hired as UI’s 18th president last March, noted the governor is already recommending a 3 percent “CEC,” or change in employee compensation, for all state employees in fiscal 2016. However, state funding only covers a portion of the salaries for higher education employees/ William L. Spence , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: What do you think of President Staben’s idea?