State Denies FGCU’s Appeal for Higher Tuition
Florida Gulf Coast University was the only state university to appeal the state’s tuition cap decision.
Board chairman Dean Colson said, “I am hard pressed to overturn an action of a full board by an appeals committee when there isn’t anything new being presented to us.”
- Source: Tampabay
In a quick conference call Friday morning, and with a unanimous vote, members of a Florida Board of Governors appeals committee denied FGCU’s request that its be allowed to increase tuition next year by the 14 percent it originally asked for — instead leaving that hike amount at the 12 percent the board voted on last week.
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