Trustees to Set UTC Tuition: 4.2% Hike Proposed for in-State Students
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 12:00 CDT
By Angie Herrington, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.
Jun. 21--KNOXVILLE -- The University of Tennessee's board of trustees today will vote on a 4.2 percent increase in tuition and fees for in-state students at UTC.
That is considerably lower than the 9.9 percent tuition and fee increase that trustees approved in 2005 for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
"It's certainly a win for students, and they needed a break," trustee John C. Thornton said Tuesday after board committee meetings.
The full board holds its annual meeting today and plans to set tuition and fees.
The more-conservativethan-usual tuition hike will pay for a 2 percent employee salary increase, assist in paying increased utility costs, pay for increases in scholarships and fellowships and help pay for general education faculty positions.
The UT system also is recommending a $20 per-semester increase in the athletics fee that UTC students pay. That would bring the athletics fee to $120 per semester.
The $300,000 the fee increase will generate will pay for one new tutor position, increased grants-in-aid cost, increased team travel costs and improvements in operating funds, according to the system's proposal.
The $20 proposed increase follows a $50 increase approved last year to address Title IX gender issues in the athletic department.
Mr. Thornton said he believes the fee increase is reasonable considering the athletics department is "literally starved" for funds.
The tuition recommendation is the lowest percent increase for undergraduates the system has proposed since 1997, according to budget documents.
Hank Dye, UT vice president for public and government relations, said this was possible because of the extra $34 million lawmakers included in the state budget for higher education.
But he said that, while system officials are grateful for the additional state money, it is just enough to break even.
"We're not gaining anything, but we're not going backwards," Mr. Dye said.
E-mail Angie Herrington at aherrington@timesfreepress.com
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