tuition hike

The average increase at the state universities was 3.9% to move the average per-semester tuition cost to $4,041. In historical terms, university tuition has escalated an average of 26.6% in the past decade.

Tuition for full-time, resident students has gone up by an average of 26.6% at Kansas state universities in the past 10 years.

Emporia State University requests no hike, but warns strategy unsustainable

The governor said undergraduate tuition and fees should stay frozen after some public university systems weighed increases.

The state isn't providing schools with guidance and advocates say students who still qualify for lower rates are being asked to pay thousands more.

Pay raises approved unanimously by the Kansas Board of Regents range from 4% to 12% and come as most Kansas colleges have cut budgets and raised tuition to address projected enrollment declines.

Increases to tuition and fees requested by 15 public colleges and universities were all approved Thursday by a board governing Oklahoma higher education.

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents voted Thursday for tuition hikes and a salary increase and bonus for its president.