Is a graduation fee just another punch with which college and professional students should learn to roll? Or is it extortion?
About 75 St. Louis University students lined the hallway outside of the president’s office this morning to protest a graduation fee they first learned about last week. Students are most upset about being notified just weeks before graduation that they would have to pay the fee in order to get their diplomas. They say the university should have told them months in advance.The university originally set the fees at $75 for graduating seniors and $100 for medical and law students. But in response to student complaints, administrators reduced the fee on Monday to $50 for everyone.
I remember having to pay a fee to submit my dissertation to the graduate school, which seemed in essence like a graduation fee. But then, I knew the deal well in advance, rather than a couple of weeks before my dissertation was due in.
Posted by kswygert at April 19, 2005 03:35 PM