Published: July 02, 2009 11:02 pm         

ISU plans public hearing on tuition

TERRE HAUTE — Indiana State University will conduct a public hearing July 10 to receive input on proposed increases in tuition and mandatory student fees.

The hearing comes on the heels of a recommendation by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for tuition and fee rate increases of no higher than 5 percent for the state’s seven public college and university systems.

The commission’s executive committee recommended that none of the increases for the next two years exceed 5 percent for Indiana and Purdue universities and the University of Southern Indiana; 4 percent for Ball State and Ivy Tech; and 3.5 percent for ISU and Vincennes University.

At ISU, the university’s proposed effective increase for resident and non-resident tuition and mandatory student fees is 3.9 percent for each of the next two academic years. The proposed increases are based on full-time student enrollment.

The state commission’s recommendations are non-binding, so the colleges and universities may go beyond the recommendations, but they might be asked by the State Budget Committee to justify higher rates.

The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. July 10 in the State Room of ISU’s Tirey Hall.

Tuition rates normally would have been set by now, but were delayed until Tuesday’s state budget agreement was reached in the legislature.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.