AUSTIN (AP) - College tuition is going up in Texas.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents today approved
increases for the two-year period starting next fall at the
system's nine academic campuses.
The increased fees vary from less than five percent per year at
UT Austin and others, to more than 13 percent a year at UT
Brownsville.
The Associated Press reports the Texas A&M University System
Board of Regents is poised to adopt similar tuition hikes tomorrow.
The Texas Tech University System is expected to adopt a tuition
increase limit later this week.
Across the state, tuitions have gone up more than 40 percent
since lawmakers voted in 2003 to let colleges set their own rates.
Presidents of campuses in the UT system testified before the
board that they needed the revenue to give competitive salaries to
faculty.