Hearings set for
UH tuition proposal

The meetings address a plan
to hike fees to $3,912 by 2010

University of Hawaii administrators and regents will hear from students about a proposed tuition increase that would more than double the cost of going to the state's four-year colleges.

A series of public meetings is scheduled beginning tomorrow through the end of the month.

The current tuition proposal would increase undergraduate resident tuition at the flagship UH-Manoa campus to $2,184 a semester in the fall of 2006, from $1,752 in 2005. By fall 2010, tuition at Manoa would increase to $3,912.

The $735-a-semester tuition at community colleges for Hawaii residents in 2005 would rise to $855 beginning in 2006 and up to $1,335 in 2010.

Linda Johnsrud, UH interim associate vice president for planning and policy, said the testimony at the public hearings will be considered as administrators work on a final tuition recommendation for the Board of Regents over the next few months. Written testimony will also be taken.

The schedule for the meetings is: