U.S. President Bush and the GOPers' Hidden Trickle Down War Taxes in Tennessee

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Tuition may rise up to 24% in Tennessee
Board of Regents, UT prepare for deep cuts in state funding
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081120/NEWS04/811200367&template=printart

November 20, 2008
By Colby Sledge
THE TENNESSEAN

State higher education leaders will discuss tuition increases as high as 24 percent at public universities, an unprecedented jump they say signals the direness of Tennessee's economic woes.

When the Tennessee Higher Education Commission meets today in anticipation of next week's budget hearing with Gov. Phil Bredesen, administrators will see models of university tuition increases for 2009-10 ranging from 10 percent with no state funding change to 24 percent with a 15 percent cut.

Community college tuition increases would range between 10 percent and 29 percent.

Those increases would bring schools level with the current year's budget, taking into account inflation and enrollment changes. They would not reflect any other cuts made by schools to offset state funding decreases.

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