Post by Logan on Jun 20, 2016 4:15:33 GMT -6
UT Board to consider 2.2 percent tuition increase; lowest percentage hike in 30-plus years
NASHVILLE — University of Tennessee system President Joe DiPietro is recommending the board of trustees this week approve the lowest increases in student tuition "in more than 30 years."
"Shout it from the mountaintop," DiPietro quipped. "As always, action by the UT Board of Trustees is required for fee or tuition increases and, therefore, nothing is official until after the board meets."
That will come Wednesday and Thursday when first a committee and later the full UT board votes on a plan to cap tuition increases to 2.2 percent in most cases for the proposed 2016-2017 fiscal year budget.
The system includes the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Under the overall proposal, some students at UT-Martin will participate in a restructured fee program called "Soar in Four," designed to reduce the cost of obtaining an undergraduate degree by incentivizing completion in four years.
Read more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/jun/19/ut-board-consider-22-percent-tuitiincrease-lo/371734/
NASHVILLE — University of Tennessee system President Joe DiPietro is recommending the board of trustees this week approve the lowest increases in student tuition "in more than 30 years."
"Shout it from the mountaintop," DiPietro quipped. "As always, action by the UT Board of Trustees is required for fee or tuition increases and, therefore, nothing is official until after the board meets."
That will come Wednesday and Thursday when first a committee and later the full UT board votes on a plan to cap tuition increases to 2.2 percent in most cases for the proposed 2016-2017 fiscal year budget.
The system includes the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Under the overall proposal, some students at UT-Martin will participate in a restructured fee program called "Soar in Four," designed to reduce the cost of obtaining an undergraduate degree by incentivizing completion in four years.
Read more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/jun/19/ut-board-consider-22-percent-tuitiincrease-lo/371734/