Schools seek 6% tuition increase - STACI HUPP, Des Moines Register

Students would be charged an extra $100 next semester and an average of 6.5 percent more in tuition and fees next year at Iowa's three state universities under proposals released Friday by the Iowa Board of Regents. A proposed surcharge for spring 2010 would be added to help offset a midyear state budget cut. The surcharge would increase the cost of an education to an average of $6,804 this year for an undergraduate student from Iowa. Next year's proposed tuition and fees would cost undergraduates from Iowa an average $437 more to enroll at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.