Tuition Raised for UTB and other UT campuses

Campus presidents say revenue needed for competitive salaries for faculty

AUSTIN (AP) - College tuition is going up in Texas.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents 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.

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.

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