Clemson Trustees Vote to Raise In-State Tuition by Nearly 42%

By PETER SCHMIDT

Clemson University's Board of Trustees voted unanimously last week to raise tuition for in-state students by nearly 42 percent in the coming academic year. Officials at the South Carolina public university defended the $1,500 increase as needed to close a projected gap in the institution's budget, but they acknowledged that some students, parents, and state legislators would take convincing.

Charlie FitzSimons, the legislative liaison for the South Carolina Commission on Higher

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