UNC Board of Trustees to consider tuition hikes
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TUITION COULD GO UP FOR NEW
STUDENTS AT UNC SYSTEM SCHOOLS
NEXT FALL. TODAY SCHOOL LEADERS
ARE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE
TUITION HIKES WRAL'S CAUSE
COFFEY IS LIVE AT UNC CAMPUS IN
CHAPEL HILL THIS MORNING.
KELSEY, THE SCHOOLS ARE
PREPARING FOR FUNDING CUTS.
YESTERDAY. THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS ARE ALREADY WAITING
TO FIND OUT IF THEY'VE BEEN
ACCEPTED TO UNC FOR NEXT SCHOOL
YEAR.
>> AND TODAY, THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES WILL DISCUSS WHETHER
THEIR TUITION COSTS WILL BE
HIGHER RIGHT NOW THE BOARD IS
CONSIDERING A 3% TUITION
INCREASE FOR IN-STATE
UNDERGRADUATES. THAT'S THE MAX
THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW.
THEY'RE ALSO DISCUSSING A 10%
TUITION INCREASE FOR OUT OF
STATE GRADUATE STUDENTS.
>> SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS ARE
HAPPENING AT NC STATE. THEY'RE
CONSIDERING UPPING THEIR
TUITION BY 3% ACROSS THE BOARD
FOR BOTH GRADUATE AND
UNDERGRADUATE. STUDENTS USC HAS
KEPT THE SAME TUITION COSTS
SINCE 2017, THE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS HAS PRIORITIZED
KEEPING RATES FLAT FOR YEARS.
BRIAN MURPHY WITH WRAL
INVESTIGATES EXPLAINS WHY
THAT'S CHANGING.
>> REALLY AN OPTION ANYMORE.
WE'VE SEEN INFLATION,
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE
AND STATE LAWMAKERS HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA HAVE INDICATED
THAT THEY WANT THE UNIVERSITIES
TO RAISE TUITION AND THEN THEY
ARE PERPLEXED PLANNING TO CUT
SOME OF THEIR BUDGET.
>> SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
NOT JUST BEING DISCUSSED AT
THESE 2 UNIVERSITIES THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT. IT COULD HAPPEN
AT OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. NOW WE DID
RESEARCH THE EXACT TUITION
COSTS FOR THOSE INCREASES AT
BOTH UNC AND NC STATE. YOU CAN
FIND THOSE NUMBERS ON WRAL COM