STORRS — Where do uni­ver­si­ty fees go? 

Alli­son Wall, a junior at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut and a nat­ur­al resources and envi­ron­ment major, is one of many stu­dents grap­pling with the esca­lat­ing cost of high­er edu­ca­tion. As a state that ranks 46th in afford­abil­i­ty nation­wide, Con­necti­cut pos­es a sig­nif­i­cant finan­cial chal­lenge for stu­dents like Wall, striv­ing to achieve their aca­d­e­m­ic ambi­tions. 

Wall said she works two jobs sev­en days a week to sup­port her­self and is keen to under­stand how her tuition fees are dis­trib­uted. She wants to ensure that her invest­ment in her edu­ca­tion is being uti­lized effec­tive­ly and hopes for greater trans­paren­cy in the allo­ca­tion of her tuition dol­lars. Like many stu­dents, Wall works often to finance her edu­ca­tion and wants to ensure that her efforts trans­late into the best out­come. She wants to know where her mon­ey is going.