Students at Connecticut’s flagship university will pay 2.5 percent more in tuition, fees and lodging starting this fall under a plan approved Wednesday, The Associated Press reports.
The University of Connecticut’s board of trustees approved the increase on a vote that was unanimous with the exception of student member Corey Schmitt, who advocated unsuccessfully for a 5 percent increase instead.
Schmitt and two other student leaders say they worry money woes might hurt UConn’s services to its 30,000 current students and dampen its allure to potential students.
The trustees’ work on tuition might not have ended with Wednesday’s vote, though. UConn needs to fill an anticipated $45 million hole in the 2011-12 budget, and trustees warned they might have to review tuition again in June if spending cuts cannot be found.
