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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 15:47 |
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The president of the South Dakota Board of
Regents says declining state support and rising tuition and fees
could put college out of the reach of many students in the future.
Kathryn Johnson is head of the appointed board that runs the six
state-run universities. She says students now can afford to attend
the schools and repay student loans. But she says university
officials are worried that rising tuition and fees could reach the
point where graduates will not earn enough to pay off those loans.
Johnson and other university officials on Tuesday met with the
Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee, which is putting
together the state budget for next year.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard's budget proposal would spend a total of
nearly $800 million next year on higher education.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
