WNYC, June 5, 2012, Tuesday

WNYC

June 5, 2012, Tuesday

WNYC (full article)

Pushing Back Against Critics, NYU Powers Ahead With Expansion Plan

Higher education experts, like Professor Ronald Ehrenberg, director of Cornell University’s Higher Education Research Institute, said those costs would be passed on to NYU students.

“NYU’s endowment is relatively small compared to competitors on a per student basis. Invariably the cost of building will raise operating costs and that leads to higher tuition, and larger debt levels for students,” said Ehrenberg.

NYU students already graduate with high debt loads