
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 2, 1991                   TAG: 9102020482
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

UVA ANTICIPATING MORE CROWDED CLASSES

Class crowding at the University of Virginia is expected to worsen next year because of the state budget crises, school officials said.

The university has eliminated some classes and increased the number of students in others.

Chief among students' concerns is how many courses will be eliminated and how large classes will become, whether laboratory supplies and new library books will be in short supply and how much higher tuition will soar.

"Student leaders are prepared to bear a sizable portion of their educational costs to insure the availability of classes," said President John Casteen.

While Virginia and out-of-state students already face a tuition surcharge of $200 and $1,000 respectively next year, student leaders are backing a General Assembly proposal that universities be given the flexibility to raise their tuitions even more to offset the budget cuts, Casteen said.

- Associated Press

by CNB