Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Commission rejects
planned tuition hikes
EUGENE (AP) _ The
state Higher Education
Coordinating Commission
rejected the University of
Oregon’s plan to increase
i n - s t a t e u n d e rg r a d u a t e
tuition by more than 10
percent.
Under state law, public
universities can raise tuition
by no more than five percent
without state approval.
“This is a tremendous
setback for the University
of Oregon,” UO spokes-
man Tobin Klinger told
The Register-Guard after
Thursday’s vote. “We must
now go back and quickly
evaluate the impact of this
vote on the university’s over-
all financial picture, assess
our options and determine
our next steps.”
The commission also
rejected a nine-percent
tuition increase sought by
Portland State University
while approving increases
for Oregon Tech, Western
Oregon
University
and Southern Oregon
University.
The state’s other two pub-
lic universities — Oregon
State and Eastern Oregon —
plan to raise in-state tuition
by less than five percent,
so they do not need state
approval.
The universities have
been seeking steep tuition
hikes at a time when health-
care and pension costs are
rising and state support is
lagging.
Oregon and Portland
State both fell one vote short
of the five votes needed for
approval, said Endi Hartigan,
a commission spokeswoman
in Salem.
She said the lack of stu-
dent involvement in tuition
setting was a concern among
those who voted no.
Despite pleas from stu-
dents against higher prices,
the UO Board of Trustees
in March overwhelmingly
supported the double-digit
tuition increase.
Under the plan, the cost
of attending the UO in
2017-18 would be $11,931
for residents, including
fees.
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Pops show on tap...
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Sisters Jazz Choir students are preparing for the upcoming Vocal Music Pop Show to be presented
Wednesday, May 24. The pictured quilt, “Variations on a Theme,” donated by Susan Cobb, will be raffled
off the night of the show.