Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 12, 1991 TAG: 9104120405
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B4 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE LENGTH: Medium
University of Virginia students in medical technology, both in-state and out-of-state will pay $162 more next year.
Other in-state students will pay $388 more. For undergraduates and most graduate students, that amounts to 13.1 percent, the school said. The increase raises that tuition to $3,354 a year.
Students in law school, medical school and the graduate business program also will pay $388 more.
Other out-of-state students will pay $1,428 more next year for a total of $9,563. That's a 17.6 percent increase for undergraduates and most graduate students.
The ODU increase would raise annual tuition and fees to $2,784 for undergraduates from Virginia. For out-of-state undergraduates, the total would go to $6,864 in the fall.
ODU has the lowest tuition rates among the state's six doctoral-granting universities. The Norfolk school has long tried to keep down tuition increases, especially for in-state undergraduates. But officials say they have no choice now because of the state budget deficit.
"It's unfortunate that we have to do it, but at the present time there doesn't seem to be any recourse," said George Dragas Jr., head of the Board of Visitors.
The increases would raise $3.7 million, the maximum allowed by the state to offset budget cuts, President James Koch said.
State aid to ODU was cut $9.2 million, or 16.5 percent, this school year. ODU has already laid off 50 people, including 13 faculty members, and eliminated 50 unfilled positions.
Last fall, ODU also instituted a steep tuition increase - 16.1 percent - for undergraduates from outside Virginia. But the rise was only 2 percent for Virginia undergraduates.
by CNB