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DOING MORE WITH LESS By Charles Ruch, President write this having just returned from the that there is a cost to excellence, access and State Board of Education meeting diversity. As alumni and friends of BSU, where our tentative 1994-1995 budget there are several things you might consider I was presented, along with our request doing to assist us. for an increase in student fees. This is always First, I hope you recognize that higher a difficult meeting for board members and education is the key institution that assists presidents alike. With each passing year, I our society in making the shift from an indus­ become more acutely aware that the cost of trial to a high-tech, global, in-service-based higher education is coming close to prohib­ economy. Accessible and affordable higher iting some individuals from enrolling. Yet I education is an absolutely critical resource am also painfully aware that the cost of as our community and nation move through running a modern university constantly in­ these tumultuous times. creases. Each year the building of our bud­ Higher education needs alumni and get and establishment of student-fee charges friends to make public the case for state becomes more of a balancing act. This year support if we are to keep universities like was no exception. BSU as a place for the higher education of The decade of 1983 through 1993 saw a current and future citizens. dramatic increase in the cost of higher edu­ Second, if you have children or grandchil­ cation. Nationally during this period, re­ dren, begin now in planning for their college quired fees increased faster than inflation education. High school guidance counselors rates, faster than increases in disposable per­ can provide you with materials on how to sonal income, or growth in financial aid. In plan for future college costs. Our office Idaho, fees increased at an alarming 8 per­ would be happy to provide you with the cent a year, or 80.4 percent over the decade. Clearly, the exponential growth, in both materials that we have prepared to assist in While this is an unusually rapid rate, it was the rate of expenditures and fees for higher planning for college. Please drop me a note well below the regional14-state average of education, has come to a screeching halt in if you are interested. College education is an 11.8 percent a year, or 118.9 percent for the themid-1990s. BSU,likeallinhighereduca­ investment and needs to be considered in decade. tion, is responding. a family's financial planning. There are, of course, many reasons on On the revenue side, our finances are Third, we need your continued support both sides of the ledger that explain this rise being given an even closer examination for financial aid. This year, 50 percent of the in the cost of higher education. On the rev­ internally than before. Shortly after I ar­ students who attended Boise State received enue side, considerable costs have been rived, I created a 13-member executive bud­ some form of financial aid.