July 6, 2007
Florida Governor to Let Tuition Jump
In a surprising reversal, Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida last week said he would let three of the state's top research universities raise tuition by as much as 40 percent over the next several years.
The governor's decision to allow a differential-tuition bill to become law was an unexpected about-face, particularly in light of an earlier veto of a 5-percent tuition hike for all state universities. In May, Mr. Crist, a Republican, had called the differential-tuition measure "doomed,"
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