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Lucas Misera

Opinion: Fix tuition to demand for degree

Lucas Misera February 5, 2017

Attending college is an investment. Four years of work – and, subsequently, foregoing four years of potential earnings in the workforce – are dedicated to schooling in hopes of big-time earnings in...

Lucas Misera

Opinion: Why I don’t want free tuition

Lucas Misera February 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders is gathering momentum heading into the New Hampshire primary; the Vermont senator is officially a legitimate threat to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.The animated Sanders has attracted a plethora...

Hannah Armenta is a senior journalism major and the editor of The Kent Stater. Contact her at harmenta@kent.edu

Opinion: Colleges should get rid of higher out-of-state tuitions

Hannah Armenta August 30, 2015

To all of my out-of-state friends, I’m sorry. We drew the short end of the stick deciding to come to a college in a different state than we call our own. We pay more than $8,000 more per year in tuition...

Board of Trustees increases 16-credit hour cap to 18, waits to set in-state tuition

Jimmy Miller and Emily Mills June 4, 2015

Kent State’s Board of Trustees voted to push the threshold of the credit hour cap from 16 to 18 credit hours and not raise undergraduate in-state tuition pending the release of the state budget in its...

Bruce Walton, opinion editor

Mandatory attendance and non-negotiable make-ups make us better liars not students

Bruce Walton February 17, 2015

So let me ask you something: How much money are you paying for this degree? How much tuition or room and board will you have to pay when or if you graduate? For myself, I’ll owe thousands of dollars...

Ray Paoletta is a junior political science major. Contact him at rpaolet1@kent.edu

OPINION: Free community college is worth a discussion

Ray Paoletta January 12, 2015

President Barack Obama introduced an effort on Friday to give Americans of all ages free community college.The first thing that will come to most people’s minds is that free community college is another...

New program brings students back to school

Erica Batyko October 19, 2014

Provost Todd Diacon created the university’s new Degree Completer Program to help students who dropped out return to school. Diacon said he was concerned for students who spent valuable time and money...

7 1/2 things you missed this summer

August 24, 2014

1. Kent State’s Board of Trustees raises tuitionKent State’s Board of Trustees raised tuition by 2 percent this semester. The increase will tack on $98 onto undergraduate tuition and $104 for graduates....