Worries About the Obama Tuition Plan Seem Confined to Private Universities

Earlier posts on this blog  noted the remarks of President Obama indicating that the federal government would somehow penalize universities whose tuitions were rising.  But yours truly also opined that it was very unlikely that public universities, such as UC, would be penalized since their tuitions were lower than the privates and they tended to enroll a greater percentage of lower income students.

A short piece today in Inside Higher Ed seems to reinforce that view.  It seems that it is presidents of private universities that are upset.

See http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/02/01/white-house-adviser-takes-questions-obamas-plan

In short, it's one less thing to worry about.  So be happy:


PS: An earlier blog post also gave you some assurance about the kind of headlines depicted below: