UT System presidents support fixed tuition, despite mixed results
Source: dailytexanonlin Posted By: Nishel R...4318 days ago
Texas lawmakers Wednesday.
The Texas House Higher Education Committee considered a bill, filed by committee chairman Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, that would require universities to offer students a fixed-rate tuition plan as one option among other payment plans. The UT System Board of Regents voted on Feb. 14 to direct all system institutions to offer a four year fixed-rate tuition plan to incoming freshmen beginning fall 2014.
Currently, a student’s tuition at UT is subject to change year to....