The board voted not to increase in-state undergraduate tuition at all six universities despite pressure from Kansas State University for a modest hike. State legislators and Gov. Laura Kelly had lobbied for a tuition freeze, and the Board of Regents complied in anticipation the maneuver would resonate during consideration of future budget ideas. Flanders said that among students with college debt, the median amount stood at $26,000 in the state’s higher education system. “That’s why we’re going to look at how we can help the neediest Kansans. We just need to seek a number of ways to help students finance that higher education,” he said.
