2008 Woodie Awards
Navigator Staff Editorial
Increased fees and hidden charges
byIssue date: 2/25/08 Section: Opinion
Piedmont is becoming a college full of hidden fees. The deposit for housing is $50 before March 1 and $250 after. That's quite a jump in fees.
Large universities charge fees for everything from a student identification card to paying for parking. Luckily, Piedmont students haven't had to deal with these extra fees in the past. But is Piedmont moving toward a new system of hidden costs?
Last year, the housing deposit was $50 before a certain date and $100 after. Why the increase in price this year?
If the housing deposit is going up this much in one year, are we going to see more price jumps of other fees? Tuition is already going up and we are paying more for room and board. Costs for new student ID cards are already high. Are we going to see a jump in those fees next year too?
The costs are rising. We are unhappy that the fees are becoming unexpected and unannounced, and more than double the cost they were the year before. If the fees double every year, how are students that pay for their own tuition supposed to pay for school and the out-of-control fees that add more and more debt to our pockets?
The issue is we don't have a choice. We need Student IDs to eat, dorm rooms to live in and we have to deal with the increases in tuition or bluntly, everything becomes a hassle and we cant go to Piedmont.
Where do these deposits go? Is it in actuality a down payment? In most cases when you put down a deposit, you get it back eventually. This seems like more of a down payment, but where does it go? Does it go towards our tuition? Room and board? We don't know. All we know is, for some reason, we pay $50 to $250 to make sure we have a room next year.
Large universities charge fees for everything from a student identification card to paying for parking. Luckily, Piedmont students haven't had to deal with these extra fees in the past. But is Piedmont moving toward a new system of hidden costs?
Last year, the housing deposit was $50 before a certain date and $100 after. Why the increase in price this year?
If the housing deposit is going up this much in one year, are we going to see more price jumps of other fees? Tuition is already going up and we are paying more for room and board. Costs for new student ID cards are already high. Are we going to see a jump in those fees next year too?
The costs are rising. We are unhappy that the fees are becoming unexpected and unannounced, and more than double the cost they were the year before. If the fees double every year, how are students that pay for their own tuition supposed to pay for school and the out-of-control fees that add more and more debt to our pockets?
The issue is we don't have a choice. We need Student IDs to eat, dorm rooms to live in and we have to deal with the increases in tuition or bluntly, everything becomes a hassle and we cant go to Piedmont.
Where do these deposits go? Is it in actuality a down payment? In most cases when you put down a deposit, you get it back eventually. This seems like more of a down payment, but where does it go? Does it go towards our tuition? Room and board? We don't know. All we know is, for some reason, we pay $50 to $250 to make sure we have a room next year.
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