UA’s response to UVM's tuition freeze announcement on 10/26/20:
United Academics wholeheartedly supports keeping tuition costs down. We believe affordability is an equity issue, and a key factor in making a UVM education possible for students and their families.
The question is how UVM plans to fill its budget gap. State appropriations to UVM and the State Colleges have been insufficient for many years, which led us to the problem of high tuition in the first place. A year ago, President Garimella said, “I want to say clearly that this historic initiative is not built on the backs of our employees." (VTDigger, Nov. 14, 2019) We hope this administration makes the same commitment today.