Advisory panel proposes tuition increase at UT - Ralph K.M. Haurwitz, the Statesman

A 3.95 percent tuition increase in each of the next two academic years. That’s what a panel of administrators, faculty members and students at the University of Texas recommended today to UT President William Powers Jr. Powers will review the recommendation for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years before sending his own recommendation to the UT System next month. The system’s Board of Regents will make the final call. Under the recommendation by the nine-member panel, undergraduate students from Texas would pay on average $4,709 in tuition and mandatory fees per semester in 2010-11. That is 5.4 percent, or $241, more than current charges because, in addition to the 3.95 percent increase in tuition, it includes a new $65 fee approved by a student referendum to pay for the Student Activity Center under construction on the east side of campus.