University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

. . . tuition hike Ted Rodriguez, a medical technology sophomore, wondered how he could af- ford to attend school in the fall of 1985. " If they do triple tuition costs, I really don ' t know how I can come up with the money, " he said. Rodriguez, president of La Amistad, a Mexican-American support group, said that many La Amistad members would have difficulty meeting the increased costs. Eighty-four percent of La Amistad members participating in an informal survey Rodriquez con ducted in the spring said that they received some type of finincial assistance from the federal government. John Drouilhet, pre-med freshman from Louisiana: " I liked big schools and the fact that UT was building up its reputation and had what I considered low tuition. My parents finance my education. They said they wanted to keep me here even if it meant taking out a financial loan. " Resident and non-resident students alike would rely on their parents to help them meet the increased costs of atten- ding the University. Thirty-four percent of the students polled in a survey con- ducted by the Daily Texan in early April said that they would ask their parents and relatives for more money. Thirty-six percent of the randomly selected students said they would get a job or work more to meet costs. Legislators hoped to soften the im- pact of the increase by providing more funds for needs-based scholarships and emergency loans. Fifteen percent of the revenue generated through resident tui- tion increases, and five percent from non-resident increase in 1985-86, would go into the Texas Public Education Grant Program. Lucy Huang, chemical engineer- ing sophomore from Singapore: " My family has four people in college, and we ' re all paying out-of-state tui- tion. And living in Austin is not cheap. " NOT S/M HOBBY RSES 46 Tuition