KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Tech trustees voted to increase tuition for undergraduate students by 8 percent this fall.
It’s the latest Oregon university to seek a steep tuition hike at a time when health care and pension costs are rising and state support is lagging.
The state Higher Education Coordinating Commission must sign off on the increase. If it does, base tuition at the Klamath Falls-based university would jump by $603 - from $7,543 in 2016-17 to $8,146 in 2017-18.
The Herald and News reports (https://is.gd/DJcHVT ) the university plans to boost its pool of scholarship support by 10 percent to help low-income students and those who are close to completing their degree.
University spokeswoman Di Saunders says Oregon Tech doesn’t want the increase to force students to drop out when they are right on the doorstep of graduation.
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Information from: Herald and News, https://www.heraldandnews.com
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