Dive Summary:
- Tuition proposals released Friday by Arizona's three public universities call for tuition hikes of 3% for Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, and 5% for Northern Arizona University.
- The Arizona Board of Regents will discuss the proposals at a public meeting on March 27, and will set final tuition and fee rates for the 2013 academic year at an April meeting in Tucson.
- Also under consideration are options to lower tuition for undocumented immigrants granted legal protection Obama administration policy.
From the article:
The state’s three public universities released tuition proposals Friday calling for increases of up to 5 percent for the next academic year. School officials said the proposed increases were modest amid skyrocketing enrollment and shrinking state funding. ...