Ball State plans tuition and fee hike

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -- - Ball State University is proposing a tuition and fees increase of about 4.2 percent for the coming school year, a slightly smaller hike than those planned at other public universities in Indiana.

Under Ball State's proposal, in-state undergraduate students would pay an extra $329 for 2009-10, or a total of about $7,830 for the academic year.

The school's trustees are scheduled to set the new rates at their July 24 meeting. A school spokesman says the tuition portion of students' bill would go up 3.26 percent, below the 4 percent increase limit requested by the state Commission for Higher Education.

Among other public universities in the state, Indiana University plans a 4.6 percent tuition increase and Ivy Tech Community College is proposing a 4.9 percent hike.
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Information from: The Star Press, http://www.thestarpress.com