Texas A&M regents vote to up tuition

AUSTIN (TEXAS TRIBUNE) - All students in the Texas A&M University System will pay more in tuition, except for those at the flagship College Station campus and the San Antonio campus, the system’s regents decided in a vote today.

The Board of Regents today in a 6-3 vote approved all proposed tuition increases from the system’s nine universities. The vote comes a day after the University of Texas System regents approved tuition increases for most campuses.

R. Bowen Loftin, president of Texas A&M University at College Station, did not request a tuition increase, even though the school’s  tuition and fee advisory council had proposed a nearly 4 percent hike.

Though the university’s tuition isn't rising, some fees will go up. For example, the application fee for undergraduates will rise to $75 from $60. Texas A&M-San Antonio students will also pay higher fees.

The A&M regents’ vote on tuition comes as state funding for higher education is being squeezed. The Legislature cut higher education funding for public universities and colleges by more than 9 percent in the last legislative session. In a news release, state Rep.  Mike Villarreal , D-San Antonio, blamed the tuition increases on those cuts.

Read the full story.