Lincoln Chafee in Forbes Magazine 2016 Candidates

On Education: $6 million for RI higher education: make tuition affordable

On college tuition, Chafee said in his Budget and State of the State Address in January 2013, "We must do all we can to ensure that motivated and hardworking Rhode Islanders can obtain a quality college education and we must be sure that they do so without taking on mounting levels of debt. The biggest barriers to these goals are ever-increasing tuition rates. Therefore, in an effort to ensure that there is no tuition increase next year at the Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College or the University of Rhode Island, I propose an increase of $6 million for higher education. However, the leadership of these institutions must meet me halfway. If they can achieve $6 million in total savings and efficiencies, coupled with the additional funding, we can guarantee the students of these schools no tuition increase next year. They have to meet us halfway." Source: Forbes Magazine "2016 Candidates Want You to Know" series Jun 7, 2015

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