The University of Minnesota’s Student Association and Student Senate are working to persuade campus leaders to cap tuition increases this academic year at 5.5 percent. The university president has proposed tuition hikes of 4.5 percent each of the next two years, but has recently warned that the increases could go up due to the state’s projected $5.25 billion deficit – an fact that is unlikely to provide the university with the additional $141 million in new funding it will need to offset growing tuition costs. The students will be meeting with the UM board of regents to make their case.

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