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June 22, 2006

CCRI, RIC fees up for last-minute increase

In an unusual, last-minute move, tuition and fees at two Rhode Island public colleges will increase beyond the rates set last fall, if the Board of Governors for Higher Education approves the changes at a meeting next week.

Students at the Community College of Rhode Island would have to pay $216 more in tuition and fees for the coming academic year, an 8.7-percent increase, for a total of $2,686 a year for in-state students.

Originally, the Board of Governors said the increase would be 3.3 percent, or $74 a year. But sluggish enrollment growth and reduced state funding means that CCRI faces a deficit of about $2.5 million in the coming year, according to budget projections by the Office of Higher Education.

Rates also would be higher at Rhode Island College, which is facing a $3.1-million shortfall next year. Instead of a 4.9-percent increase, or $208 more a year for in-state students, tuition and fees will increase by $282 a year, or 6 percent, for a total of $4,958.

The 6-percent increase set for in-state students at the University of Rhode Island will be unchanged.

The Board of Governors is expected to vote on the proposed budget changes at its 5 p.m. meeting on Thursday, June 29.

-- With reports from Journal education writer Jennifer Jordan

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 6:23 PM | Permalink

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