Slump Revives Town-Gown Divide Across U.S. »

Posted By engineer 7 months ago in News

Some cities and towns — including Ann Arbor, Mich., Durham, N.C., and Princeton, N.J. — have renewed calls for local colleges and universities to make voluntary payments to the communities because they have tax-exempt status.

Others have proposed levying taxes on dorm rooms or even on students, whom they say use municipal services at the expense of property taxpayers.

Response from the institutions has been frosty.

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