The Iowa Board of Regents approved the first reading of a proposal that would increase the tuition at the University of Iowa by three percent next fall. The move would bring the U-I into line with the tuition charged at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, which was raised three percent in September for this spring semester. The U-I tuition was not increased for the spring after student body president Elizabeth Mills, argued students weren’t ready for a mid-year increase. Mills told the regents she is okay with the proposal to raise the tuition in the fall…..
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University of Northern Iowa student body president, Katie Evans says students have looked at the tuition situation in many ways….
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Evans says the students on the U-N-I campus understand how an increase can help them.