Cookeville – The Tennessee Board of Regents approved Friday the tuition increases recommend by the Committee on Business and Finance.
In the past, TBR has capped tuition at 12 hours, after which students attended free. However, hours above 12 will be steeply discounted this year, with only a $10 per hour additional charge.
The amount any given student’s tuition will increase depends on how many hours the student takes, since TBR is beginning this fall to charge for every hour taken with no cap.
For example, a full-time MTSU student taking 12 hours to 18 hours last year paid a flat fee of $2,151 per semester.
Starting in the fall students taking 12 hours will pay 6.56 percent more, or $2,292. Students taking 18 hours will pay 9.34 percent more, or $2,352.
The only no vote was by student Regent Gionni Carr.
In other actions, the board re-elected Gov. Phil Bredesen as chair and Bob Thomas as vice-chair. The board also approved an agreement with Chancellor Charles Manning under which he will continue to serve for 18-24 months.
Manning had announced his retirement effective June 30 but at the request of the board has agreed to stay on until at least Dec. 31, 2010 but no longer than June 30, 2011. |
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