University of Akron supporters are being urged to attend a trustee meeting Monday - Karen Farkas, Northeast Ohio Media Group

University of Akron faculty, staff, alumni and students have been urged to attend a trustee meeting Monday morning to illustrate their concern about leadership, layoffs, budget cuts and the future of the university. Trustees are meeting at 8 a.m. to rescind a a $50-per-credit-hour fee on upper-level courses, a fee trustees approved in June. President Scott Scarborough to recommend last week that the fee be dropped amid pressure from students, legislators and the Ohio Department of Higher Education, who called the fee a tuition increase. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/university_of_akron_supporters.html