Saturday, 25 February 2012

Regents approve university tuition increases - Wichita Business Journal:

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percent for the upcoming It was the highest increase of the statde universities governed bythe , which approvedx the tuition spikes Thursday. The action followexd the tuition increase proposaldthe state’s universities submitted in May. It marks the 15th straighft year tuitionhas increased. , the , WSU submittesd revised proposals that took into account the continued decline of theKansazs economy, the regents say. University and regents’ leaders blam the increases on decreases in state aid forhigher • — 3.5 percent. • Emporia State University — 4 percent. • University of Kansasw — 6 percent. — 6.8 percent. • — 7.
5 The board on Thursday also approvefd KU’s rate for its four-year tuition compact. It is the rate that appliexs for first-time, full-time students who beginh as freshmen in the Fall 2009 This rate, which will be locked-i n for those students over a four-yearr period, was increased by 7 percent. The board on Thursday also decided a majority of the federal stimuluas dollars the state universities will receive for fiscal yearsa 2009 and 2010 will be allocater for deferred building maintenance projects onthosde campuses. Two-thirds, or $26.6 million of the $39.9 milliomn in stimulus funds will be allocatedx to deferredmaintenance projects. A total of $13.
e million will be used for tuitioncost mitigation.

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