THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT WHO WON’T RAISE TUITION – MEET MITCH DANIELS – PRESIDENT PURDUE UNIVERSITY – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}

So how did Purdue do it?“I always say it’s easier to explain what we didn’t do,” Daniels told me. “We didn’t try to get more money from the state. We didn’t shift from full-time faculty and fill the ranks with cheaper, part-time adjunct faculty. We haven’t driven up our percentage of international or out-of-state students,” who pay more than in-staters. Each of these measures has been taken up by other public universities, even ...

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MITCH DANIELS, PRESIDENT PURDUE UNIVERSITY, TIMELY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Mitch Daniels, is President Purdue University and served as the 49th Governor of Indiana, from 2005 to 2013.  I wrote about Mr. Daniels, successful efforts to freeze tuition in 2019. PURDUE GOING ON EIGHT YEARS WITHOUT A TUITION INCREASE- PROVING IT IS ACHIEVABLE  https://wealthbuildingpowers.com/2019/05/11/purdue-going-on-eight-years-without-a-tuition-increase-proving-it-is-achievable/ Purdue University will freeze tuition for the 9th straight year, holding it at 2012 levels through 2021-2022.  Fifty-nine percent of Purdue West Lafayette students graduated debt-free in 2018-2019, compared ...

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PURDUE GOING ON EIGHT YEARS WITHOUT A TUITION INCREASE- PROVING IT IS ACHIEVABLE

https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_4e72cfe6-33b5-11e9-b20b-f32cccc069cf.html Purdue University President Achieves Fiscal Responsibility The freeze continues — Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced Monday that the 2012 tuition freeze will continue for the eighth consecutive year. In addition to the freeze, all West Lafayette campus staff with an income of $75,000 or less that have been employed as of Dec. 31 will receive a $500 appreciation payment this spring.   The tuition freeze means that six graduating classes have now gone ...

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