Freezing tuition sounds wonderful on the surface, and in fact, it could be a great idea for Eastern students and could aid in the recruitment of new students.

The Student Senate’s Tuition and Fee Review Committee has said it is looking into a program that would freeze tuition rates for students after they begin attending Eastern.

Other universities have had success with programs such as the one the committee has said they will look into. Western Illinois University has a program in place that guarantees tuition and student fee rates will remain the same during a student’s career at Western.

On the surface programs such as this sound great. Who doesn’t like to save money?

But what is important now is for the Tuition and Fee Review Committee to make sure its members take a good, hard look at program options. Great ideas are often brought up but not followed through to make any real changes.

Other good ideas, like the bi-monthly payment idea senate discussed in the fall or the possible expansions that could be added to the Panther Card, have fallen to the wayside, and the excitement the ideas had built was left to turn into disappointment.

Let’s not let that happen with this idea. Maybe the plan wouldn’t be a good fit for Eastern, and that would be OK. Maybe it would be one of the best new plans this university has seen in a while.

The key is to not let the idea fade away when no one is paying attention. The idea to freeze tuition was met with good reception from students, so the fee committee, and in turn, the senate, should make sure the idea is followed up on. Letting it die won’t bring any change to the current system, and it could breed resentment against big talk, but little action.