“Student fees have for years been often criticized as a kind of stealth, second tuition imposed on unsuspecting families. But such fees are still on the rise on many campuses. And though their names can border on the comical – i.e., the ‘student success fee’ – there’s nothing funny about how they can add up. At the University of California Santa Cruz, where tuition runs to nearly $35,000 for non-residents, students every year pay more than 30 additional fees 2014 including a small charge for what’s billed as ‘free’ HIV testing. Students at Oklahoma State University are responsible for covering 18 different fees formerly http://bursar.okstate.edu/forms/Tuition_Mandatory_Fee_and_Academic_Service_Fees.pdf, including a ‘life safety and security fee.’”
