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By: THE MURFREESBORO POST

Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2012 10:08 am

The Tennessee Board of Regents voted to increase tuition and fee rates Friday at all of its higher education institutions, citing a decline in state funding for the reason behind the raise.

“It is never easy to ask a student to pay more year after year,” said John Morgan, chancellor of the Board of Regents. “These actions reflect an unfortunate but expected continued shift of funding responsibility from the state to our students. At the same time, we see state support in base funding continuing to erode, most of our enrollments continue to climb, and the money needed to operate continues to rise.”

Beginning this fall, Middle Tennessee State University students will pay 6.8 percent more, bringing the cost of tuition to $3,746 per semester.

“Our campuses will use much of the revenue generated from these increases to offset funding shortfalls, but they are also committed to placing increased attention on helping students stay in school and earn credentials more efficiently,” Morgan said.

During the previous academic year, several campuses required additional funds to provide student support programs to increase learning outcomes and student retention, which contributed to the need for a tuition hike, according to a Board of Regents press release.

“The price increases will not cover all of our funding needs,” Morgan said. “On a per student basis, the amount of money our institutions have available to spend is lower than in 2009.”

Even with the base proposed fee increases, the change in recurring revenue available at our institutions will be an average of 9.7 percent lower at our community colleges, 5.1 percent lower on average at our universities, and 6.7 percent lower at the technology centers, Morgan said.

“While the price is increasing, the cost – the amount we spend per student – remains lower than it was three years ago,” he said.

Tagged under Education, Higher Education, MTSU, TBR, Tennessee Board of Regents, Tuition

Member Opinions:

By: vdanr on 7/5/12
Something about that last sentence doesn't sound right. The price, cost, is increasing but the amount spent per student is lower than 3 years ago?? That tells me that the TBR has approved an increase in tuition but students won't see the benefit of that increase. If I'm not mistaken, not all universities in the state will have an increase in tuition. This is ridiculous!!!!!