Tuition rises, again - Mark Herring, Technician Online

The Board of Trustees approved Chancellor Randy Woodson’s recommendation to increase in-state tuition $290 for the 2013-14 academic years during the board’s November meeting Friday. Student fees for all full-time students will increase $128.60. This most recent increase, a 5.1 percent increase for in-state undergraduates, comes after a series of tuition increases in response to government budget cuts since the start of the recession, with the General Assembly reducing the N.C. State’s state-financed appropriation by 15.1 percent. Last November, the Board of Trustees approved tuition to increase this academic year by $330. The increases are part of the UNC System Board of Governors’ proposal in February to set up a “catch-up” plan for the 17 member institutions of the UNC System through an increase of $1,500 over the next five years. Provost Warwick Arden said the University lost $80 million from the budget cuts and administrators are looking for ways to “diversify [the University’s] resources.” http://www.technicianonline.com/news/tuition-rises-again-1.2795629