BY ANTHONY JAMES | Snr. News Reporter
The Central Washington University Board of Trustees voted seven-to-one Friday to raise in-state undergraduate tuition by 14 percent for one year, adding $685 to a full-time resident undergraduate student’s bill. Tuition for the 2010-11 school year will rise to roughly $5,600.
The board's vote was near unanimous, with student Trustee Brent Weisel as the only dissenter.
Under current projections of 9,700 full-time students during the 2010-11 school year, the increase will bring in more than $6.6 million in additional revenue. Bill Vertrees, interim vice president of business and financial affairs, said the number is low and is likely to be exceeded.
Weisel said he voted against the measure in the best interest of students.
“Bottom line, something needed to represent affordability for students and I did that, but it’s a very complex animal and I’m confident in our leadership team,” Weisel said.
More information to come.
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