It’s spring and that means it’s time to increase tuition for the next college year. UCA got the ball rolling last week with a 3.59 percent increase.

The fiscal affairs committee of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees will discuss increases proposed at the various system campuses tomorrow.

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The proposed increases range at the major campuses from 3.5 percent at Fayetteville to 10 percent at Fort Smith. UALR proposes 4.9 percent. Here’s a link to the full list.

The UA news release on the meeting (on the jump) notes that state support has been dropping as a percentage of total cost and per student, thanks to a big increase in the number enrolled. (Remember when lottery creators said the amendment would prevent the legislature from decreasing support for higher education? In dollar terms, perhaps. But that is not so meaningful. Meanwhile, the ever shrinking lottery scholarship, is down from $5,000 to $2,000 for first-year students in three years’ time.)

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