From The Arizona Republic
[A] lot of [Arizona State University] students ...can't figure out why the [tuition] bill has risen 81 percent in five years (84 percent at UA, 76 percent at NAU). Can't fathom how this year's proposed increases will push the tab nearly 98 percent higher than it was in 2002-03, when [President] Crow arrived at ASU.
Oh sure, Arizona's Constitution may say that college "shall be as nearly free as possible," but think [...] of all the benefits from boosting the bill. [Students will get] . . . well, I don't know what [they'll] get. I couldn't find any students who knew, either.
Maybe the chance to buy out the $950,000-a-year football coach, who was given a contract extension last December? Or the chance to push Crow back into the ranks of the top 10 in presidential pay? [He dropped a few places in the latest survey.]
He has a base salary of only $490,000, after all. Throw in a car allowance ($8,394), a housing allowance ($50,000), deferred compensation ($30,000) and retirement pay ($30,800), and really, how's a guy supposed to live?
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