UT regents approve tuition hikes across system
Tue, 2016-03-01 20:16
News Staff
The University of Texas at Austin and all seven other schools in the University of Texas System won approval to increase tuition Monday, a move that will tack on between $148 and $361 to the cost of students’ schooling each semester.
The price hikes were approved by the UT System Board of Regents in a series of votes during a telephone meeting. Officials said the universities need the money to keep up with inflation and to improve their national rankings. But opponents said the hikes would hurt students and perhaps create an unwanted response from the Texas Legislature.