Tuition increases on the table for Missouri colleges

     (AP) – Administrators at Missouri public colleges and

universities say they are reluctant to consider raising tuition, but they might

have no choice.

     New Republican Gov. Eric Greitens proposed on Thursday a nearly 10 percent

reduction in core higher education funding in his budget proposal for the coming

year.

     Missouri public universities have been able to keep tuition relatively stable,

thanks to yearly agreements with lawmakers. In 2007, then-Gov. Jay Nixon signed

a law capping in-state tuition at 4-year schools, allowing only small increases.

     University leaders say that Greitens’ proposal to slash another $22 million on

top of $68 million in cuts announced in January makes higher tuition almost

inevitable.

     The budget still has to pass through the House and Senate, and lawmakers say

they will try to reduce the planned cuts.

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