By: Blair Emerson
A day after University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler proposed to continue a two-year tuition freeze earlier this month, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system announced a similar extension.
Universities in states like Arizona, California, Iowa and New Hampshire have all enacted similar measures in recent years.
While proposals to freeze tuition prices at colleges nationwide are growing in popularity, criticism of the method has surfaced, saying it shouldn’t replace an effective, long-term strategy to increase college affordability.