Not The First Mayor To Seek Tax On Tuition

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl plans to propose a 1 percent college-education privilege tax to council today, in a move that's likely to set off a fight with the city's schools of higher learning. College and university representatives met with the mayor on Wednesday and argued against the tax, which would be assessed on a college student's tuition. It technically would not be a levy on the students or their schools, but rather on the privilege of getting a higher education in Pittsburgh.Formulas like Mr. Ravenstahl's have met with vigorous opposition in other cities, like Providence, R.I., where a mayor's bid to tack a $150-per-semester fee on to tuition bills at four universities ended in stalemate. Read more at:
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