"Purdue President Mitch Daniels on Saturday (Feb. 15) announced that tuition at the university’s flagship West Lafayette campus will hold at 2012 levels through 2021-22, marking the ninth straight year of no tuition increase.
In addition, Daniels said, Purdue will continue its strategy of investing in people and priority initiatives, and will provide a 3% salary merit pool for West Lafayette employees for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
As total student loan debt in the United States has climbed to $1.56 trillion, with the average borrower saddled with nearly $33,000 in debt by graduation, Purdue has made affordability and accessibility top institutional priorities." …