EDITORIAL: Hoosiers need a voice in state's college tuition

Some of Indiana's state colleges and universities have begun to announce they'll hike tuition next year in excess of the caps advised by Indiana Commission for  Higher Education.

Jo Ann Gora, president of Ball State University, where a 3.9 percent increase for undergraduates and a 9.1 percent increase for graduate students next year are being proposed, blames an 11 percent cut in state aid over the past 10 years. More tuition revenue, she said, is needed to ensure the quality of Ball State's learning environment.