Sunday, January 28, 2018

Iowa State president predicts 3.5 percent tuition rate increase - Kathy A. Bolten, Des Moines Register

Iowa State University president Wendy Wintersteen on Tuesday predicted next school year's tuition rates will increase at least 3.5 percent, a hike that falls short of the amount officials requested but will allow pay raises for employees. ISU officials have asked that tuition increase 7 percent each of the next five years if the state's financial aid remained stagnant. “We knew fairly quickly that (7 percent) was a number that wasn’t very well received in Iowa,” Wintersteen said during a meeting with Des Moines Register editors and reporters. "It was jarring to students and to their families." https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/01/16/iowa-state-wendy-wintersteen-tuition-increases/1036241001/