Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 4:21:59 GMT -6
A dozen students demanding a tuition freeze disrupted a budget workshop of the Virginia Commonwealth University board of visitors on Thursday.
The board is considering a proposal to raise tuition and mandatory fees by 2.8 percent, an increase that would bring the cost to in-state undergraduates to $13,130, or an additional $358 for the next academic year.
But at the close of the session, the students who had silently held protest signs through much of the meeting began speaking out about the debt they are incurring and the hardships they face because of college costs.
They told the board they did not need expensive chairs in every room of the new library, where the board was meeting, and they questioned high administrative salaries.
Read more: www.dailyprogress.com/news/vcu-students-disrupt-board-meeting-over-tuition-increase/article_562cab16-fdc7-11e5-ad97-f3945a18c50e.html
The board is considering a proposal to raise tuition and mandatory fees by 2.8 percent, an increase that would bring the cost to in-state undergraduates to $13,130, or an additional $358 for the next academic year.
But at the close of the session, the students who had silently held protest signs through much of the meeting began speaking out about the debt they are incurring and the hardships they face because of college costs.
They told the board they did not need expensive chairs in every room of the new library, where the board was meeting, and they questioned high administrative salaries.
Read more: www.dailyprogress.com/news/vcu-students-disrupt-board-meeting-over-tuition-increase/article_562cab16-fdc7-11e5-ad97-f3945a18c50e.html