NYPIRG keeps up the pressure on SUNY/CUNY tuition   Here’s
NYPIRG’s take:  ? Tuition hikes of up to 8% a year at PhD-
granting institutions and up to 5% at other SUNY and CUNY senior
colleges for four consecutive years after a 2% hike in 2010-2011
would far out pace the rate of higher education inflation
(currently 2.3%), and they could lead to an acceleration in the
shift of public funding away from higher education.  ? Such
tuition hikes could quickly price low-income students out of
SUNY and CUNY, especially since the maximum TAP award would
increase at only half the rate of tuition. By the 2014-2015
academic year, the highest SUNY tuition could be as much as
$6,897, $949 in excess of the proposed maximum TAP award, if the
Governor has his way. The highest CUNY tuition in 2014-2015
could be as much as $6,381, under this plan. It would exceed the
proposed maximum TAP award by $433.  ? Tuition hikes would
unduly harm almost 50,000 low-income, unmarried students with no
dependents at SUNY and CUNY, as they rec