`U' looks to raise tuition revenue by 3 percent next year.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: May 8, 1998| Author: Smetanka, Mary Jane | Copyright information

Tuition for most University of Minnesota students probably will increase less next year than it has at any time during the past decade, but that's too much for some students.

Under proposals that the Board of Regents will discuss today, the university expects to earn about 3 percent more revenue from tuition next year. President Mark Yudof calls that increase reasonable and says it is necessary to play catch-up on faculty salaries and make other delayed improvements insi...