NMSU regents OK 6 percent tuition and fee hike

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. It's still a relatively inexpensive school.

Also, check out ENMU, Eastern New Mexico State University. A genuine bargain.

Back in 1960, my older brother enrolled at New Mexico State University in their engineering program. We lived in New York State at the time, and he'd gotten some kind of Regents scholarship. But attending NMSU was going to be a lot cheaper because their engineering program was a co-op program, so my parents only had to pay for the first semester. After that he'd work one semester at White Sands Missile Range, the next semester at school, until he'd completed the program. As it turned out, he dropped out after the first year and went into the army.

A few years ago I chatted with a young woman who'd recently graduated from NMSU and learned that the co-op program was still going strong, and students who went through it could be assured of jobs at graduation. How nice.