#SaveUSF is trending on Twitter. Pages on Facebook echoing the same sentiment have been created, liked, joined and followed. Earlier last week, WTSP 10 News asked the community for letters in response to the funding cuts, and offered to deliver the notes to the hands of state legislators in Tallahassee. From the 4 a.m. departure
Graduate students will potentially pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars more for school due to a last-minute addition to the mid-summer deal to raise the debt ceiling. As a part of the Budget Control Act cut in late July, Congress agreed to scrap subsidized federal loans—which do not accrue interest while a student is
As the state cuts appropriations to USF, students have to pick up more of the tab, starting with a 15 percent tuition increase this fall. Julie Jakway, the regional assistant vice chancellor for financial services at USF St. Petersburg, laid several pages out on the table. “This is why tuition is going up,” she said.
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