U of A Wants To Raise Tuition
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The University of Arkansas wants to raise
in-state tuition at the Fayetteville campus by eight percent -- the
largest single-year increase in seven years.
Instead of charging $127 for every credit-hour of
classes, university officials want trustees to raise it to more
than $137 per hour. That would force undergraduates from
Arkansas to pay at least five percent more than they did last fall.
The typical undergraduate in Fayetteville takes 15 credit-hours,
and would have to pay $2,057, about 150 more than last year.
A national report says Arkansas is not alone in raising public
collegiate tuition rates. Sixteen states reported raising tuition
by more than ten percent in 2002 and 2003.
Trustees will consider the increases at their meeting in Little
Rock next Friday.
