Kansas — not students — should pay more

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Opinion

March 13, 2019 - 10:11 AM

When Wichita State students rejected a proposal to raise their own fees this week, they sent a clear message:

Enough.

Students understandably are weary of being the trough officials dip into when they need funding for projects. In this latest case, the Shock the Future referendum would have financed $38.5 million in campus improvements — the majority of which was earmarked for a new business school — and would have made WSU’s student fees the highest in the state.

It’s time for Kansas and university leaders to acknowledge that college students alone can’t bear the…

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