UConn Trustees Increase Tuition, Room, Board, Fees PDF Print E-mail

By KATHLEEN MEGAN

The Hartford Courant

February 19, 2010

The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees voted Thursday to increase tuition for in-state students by 5.66 percent, or $432, for the 2010-11 academic year. Fees, room and board are also going up, for an overall 5.9 percent increase, or $1,180, for in-state students living on campus.

`The tuition increase — smaller than the 6.3 percent recommended by UConn officials last week — was approved after board members heard a wide variety of views on the subject from students, faculty and staff.

Board members, too, were divided about the amount of the increase — some felt the economy dictated little or no increase, and others, concerned about academic quality and UConn's future financial strength, pressed for increases as steep as 7.5 percent. "It was a tremendous dialogue," said Lawrence McHugh, president of the board of trustees, after the meeting.

 

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