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Indiana State University OKs almost 2 percent tuition hike

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Trustees have approved a nearly 2 percent tuition and mandatory fees increase for the next two years at Indiana State University.

The new rates affect full-time, in-state undergraduate students. Tuition for those students is expected to increase from $8,416 this academic year to $8,580 the following year and reach $8,746 for the 2016-17 academic year.

The increase is the minimum amount needed to be able to offer a good education in the face of state funding reductions, according to ISU President Dan Bradley.

“Tuition and fees at Indiana State remain the most affordable of the state’s four main residential institutions,” he said.

The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reports that the 1.95 percent increase will fund university priorities, including student success initiatives, and help cover the costs of health insurance, utilities and facility maintenance.

The Commission for Higher Education recommended that the school enforce a 1.65 increase in tuition and mandatory fees.

Indiana State University faces a $1.4 million reduction in state appropriations over the next two years.

The school has lost nearly $10 million in state appropriations over the past seven years.

 

 

Posted 6/15/2015

 
 

 

 

 

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