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sophomor Daa Amor aid h i trafrrig bcauof Brr pric.

Th cot of Brr i a too high, Amor aid. I hava acadmic cholarhip, but th ol othr thig thoffrd m a to tak out tudt loa, hich m fam-

il dot at to do. I fl lik th could do a lot morto kp tudt at Brr. Alo, th ridc lif policrquirig tudt to liv o campu tak aa th po-ibilit of cuttig a lot of th cot.

Fiacial cocr ar ot th ol iu Brr tu-dt ar facd ith.

A lot of tudt ho lft i th pat r uuccfulacadmicall, Poll aid.

Provot Kathri whatl aid thr ar ffort to ta-biliz th amout of tudt ho lav bcau of aca-dmic truggl.

w did a pilot tud thi ar i BCC 100 cla, offr-ig xtra tutorig through om lctd acadmic courctio, whatl aid. w ar till lookig at th rult

of thi tud, but th ar hoig improvmt i tu-dt grad.

Thi tud icludd chmitr, biolog ad aimalcic major, givig thm opportuiti to b tutord

b thir mtor. Brtt aid th rult hav bpoitiv.

w lookd at th prctag of tudt ho ard aD or a F i th cour, Brtt aid. w th com-pard th grad i th pat ith th group from thi ar,and we have seen signicantly better grades this year.

Admiitrator aid that big ivolvd i vr impor-

tat to a tudt ucc at Brr.O of th mot importat thig for a tudt col-

lg xpric i big gagd i om a ith thcampu, Dbbi Hida, da of tudt, aid. w atto tr to giv vr tudt a maigful coctio ithpopl at Brr, hthr that i through a facult mmbr,th pridt of a tudt-ru orgaizatio, or thir BCC100 mtor.

If tudt ar full aar of thir optio, th ill th ral valu of a mall campu, Rgitrar Lida T-at aid.

whil thr ma b om iu that ar trogr thaothr, Brr admiitrator aid rttio i vr thimmdiat focu.

There is no magic button to x retention rates, What-l aid. w at to b vr carful i our admiioffort to lt tudt ko vr clarl hat th ar gt-tig thmlv ito. Th, at to ur th havopportuiti.

w hav all b orkig togthr a moothl adefciently as possible, Bressette said. Were also lookingat a ca build rlatiohip ith tudt o a morproal lvl.

studt ho ta at Brr mtio th trog ofcommuit a a rao for taig.

I rall lik th iz of Brr ad th commuit thatit crat, ophomor Clar Coa aid. Th popl aramazig ad I rall lik th acadmic.

I lov th commuit that Brr ha, ophomor sarahHuffma aid. It i mall ough to gt to ko a lot ofpopl, but big ough to hav ma diffrt frid adxpric.

Brtt aid rtaiig tudt i a bproduct of achdpartmt doig it job ll.

w ill ala b akig ourlv ho ca maka tudt xpric th bt it could b, Brtt aid.If kp doig that, th tudt ill at to taat Brr bcau thr omthig rall good hr that to b a part of.

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Brigg alo aid th cut i bad o a icor-

rect assumption of afuence among private uni-vrit tudt.

I thik th aum that privat chool tu-dt ca com up ith $600 to $1000, h aid.But for om tudt that i mot crtail otth ca.

Bratl aid that, o far, th backlah rgard-ig th propoal ha com from th collgthmlv.

Im ot ur ho ma popl actuall koabout thi t or ho much th ord ha gottout, Bratl aid. But hav motl hardfrom college administrators and nancial aiddirctor about thir oppoitio to th propoal.

Farih aid h udrtad th ratioalbhid th cut to a xtt, but h ould rathr th mo ud tha impl rmovd fromth budgt altogthr.

I at to ko that m $1000 i at lat goigtoard omthig orthhil rathr tha biglimiatd altogthr, h aid. It houldt

b jut about th govrmt trig to av adim.

Bcau th GTeG i fudd oll b taxpa-r, ulik HOPe, hich i fudd b th Gor-gia Lottr, Bratl aid it i raoabl for omto xpr cocr ovr th cut.

But, h aid, th govror mad vr ffort toprt a tabl budgt durig tough coomic

tim. It obviou that popl ho pa taxould rathr hav thir mo pt o om-thig th actuall ca ad b a part of,Bratl aid. But ulik th atioal govr-ment, we cant run a decit. Our budget has to becompltl balacd vr ar, ad I thik thia th govror bt ffort to do that.

Da of studt Dbbi Hida aid tudtcould impact th dciio-makig proc admak grat trid toard avig th GTeG.

Obvioul thi cut i a mitak, ad I thikour tudt raliz that, h aid. But tudthould alo raliz that thir voic ca ad illmak a diffrc.

Hida aid thr ill b tabl t up i Kra-rt Thurda ad Frida for tudt to ritlttr to thir tat lgilator.

Ridc Lif ad sGA ill alo b poor-ig ridc hall ocial to courag tudtto cotact tat lgilator.

Brigg aid h hop tudt udrtad thmagitud of thi propoal.

Th mo that thr propoig takigaa i ot Brr mo; it our mo,Brigg aid.

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