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Tennessee Board of Regents schools likely to see smallest tuition hikes in a decade

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  Students attending Tennessee Board of Regents schools will see some of the smallest tuition increases in a decade if the Regents follow recommendations made yesterday.

The Tennessean reports the TBR’s Finance Committee has voted to recommend tuition increases for the coming school year of three percent or less at the systems six universities and 13 community colleges.

If approved, the increases would be the smallest TBR students have seen in a decade and follow increases of less than 4 percent at system schools last year.

Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech are asking for the largest increases at 2.8 percent. The University of Memphis is asking for the smallest rise at 2.3 percent.

The lower hikes come after years of much larger increases, including jumps of 8 to 9 percent in the 2011 school year.

The newspaper quotes a TBR official saying the smaller increases are due in part to larger contributions to higher education by state government.

The Board of Regents are expected to vote on the tuition increases at their meeting scheduled for June 24.

Tennessee's other system of higher education, University of Tennessee affiliated schools, have not yet announced any possible tuition increases for the coming year.