Storms start to move out of Minnesota, continue for western Wisconsin

MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. 

Turn Up Your Support

University of Minnesota regents recently kicked around ideas on how to lighten the tuition burden on students and motivate them to finish their degrees within four years.

One of those ideas is the fixed-tuition (or guaranteed-tuition) plan, in which students who opt in pay the same tuition their fourth year that they pay in their first. That enables students and their parents to budget more accurately.

Some universities, such as the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana - 

During a talk on tuition by Robert McMaster, the U's dean of undergraduate education, regent Laura Brod asked him why so few students took up the plan when it was introduced about 15 years ago.

McMaster cautioned that his belief was just a guess, but then said:

Alex Friedrich

Author

University of Minnesota regents recently kicked around ideas on how to lighten the tuition burden on students and motivate them to finish their degrees within four years. One of those ideas is the fixed-tuition (or guaranteed-tuition) plan, in which students who opt in pay the same tuition their fourth year that they pay in their 

University of Minnesota regents recently kicked around ideas on how to lighten the tuition burden on students and motivate them to finish their degrees within four years. One of those ideas is the fixed-tuition (or guaranteed-tuition) plan, in which students who opt in pay the same tuition their fourth year that they pay in their Read more →


Would the U of M’s own dean of undergrads pay fixed-rate tuition?

Go Deeper.

Like this?