UNC's in-state hikes cool off

The News & Observer

February 8, 2008

Jane Stancill, Staff Writer
CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina students attending UNC system campuses could get a break on tuition increases in the 2008-09 academic year, mainly because of significantly higher appropriations from the legislature last year.

Overall tuition and fees for North Carolina undergraduates are expected to rise 2.8 percent at N.C. State, 2.4 percent at N.C. Central and 1 percent at UNC-Chapel Hill. UNC President Erskine Bowles pointed out that the proposed increases are below inflation. "That can only happen because we have a very generous legislature and we're working to control costs," Bowles said. Click here for full story.