 In response to declining government funds tuition was raised 500 percent in 1985, and in 1989, deeper cuts were made, with the suspension of nearly all scholarships and financial aid and institution of new fees.Through the 1980s, as much as 90 percent of the university's budget was paid for by the government, with only a small amount of revenues coming from student tuition.By 2002, the government only contributed $8,000 (USD) of the university's estimated $4.3 million annual budget (not including some personnel costs which are paid directly by the state).