November 5, 1999

Chapel Hill Trustees Vote to Raise Tuition to Increase Faculty Pay

By JEFFREY SELINGO

The Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved a controversial plan last week to nearly double in-state undergraduate tuition over five years to help increase faculty salaries at the state's flagship campus.

The Chapel Hill proposal, which would increase tuition by $1,500, or 98 per cent, is part of a larger effort by the university system's 16 campuses to make professors' salaries more competitive with comparable

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