Arkansas State University approves flat tuition, fee raises

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JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) _ Arkansas State University has become the last public university in the state to approve a plan to keep tuition flat while increasing fees.

The university system’s board of trustees announced on Thursday it won’t increase tuition to in-state students this fall but will raise $1.3 million in new mandatory student fees. The board also favored raising tuition for out-of-state and international undergraduate students.

System President Charles Welch says students enrolling at the university in Jonesboro will pay an average of $130 more this fall than last year, or a more than 1.5 percent increase in overall costs. The fee increases will mainly fund campus security and teacher raises.

The approval follows a recommendation in January by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to freeze in-state tuition at public universities for the 2018-19 school year.

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