WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University is proposing to
raise tuition for in-state students by 5 percent in each of the
next two years.
Nonresident students would pay 6 percent more in tuition under
the proposal announced Thursday.
A public hearing on the tuition increases that would be paid by
students attending any of Purdue's campuses is set for July 13.
Trustees would then vote on the proposed increases.
Purdue officials say the university was given an apparent
flatline in appropriations from the newly enacted state budget, but
says 8 percent of the money is in one-time federal stimulus
dollars.
Purdue President France Cordova says Purdue still has critical
needs that are substantially underfunded. Indiana University plans
to announce its proposed new tuition rates soon.