State considers university tuition hikes - ROSA NGUYEN, Yale Daily News

As the state budget deficit surpasses the billion-dollar mark, Connecticut college students may pay the price with higher tuition bills. The Board of Regents for Higher Education — an organization overseeing 17 state institutions across Connecticut — projected a possible 12.4 percent tuition increase to accommodate the $1 billion deficit. The projection, formed earlier this month, follows reductions in government-funded block grants and state grants in the past year, and could increase the cost of campus-living per student by as much as $1,375. At present, the federal block grant provides $143,196,097 to Connecticut community colleges, and the state offers $141,194,660 to state universities. http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/01/24/state-considers-university-tuition-hikes/