2008

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• Hikes to affect 13 of 15 junior, community colleges blamed on fuel, utility costs By LIIA•ye Brown llireya,booWnOcler1onledg.com Students at many of the state's com– munity and junior colleges will see .i.ncrea.'\es in tuition, housing and meal plans this fall Only two of the state's 15 community and junior colleges will leave all prices

unchanged.

Despite the .increases, it'sstillcheaper to go to school at a communityor jtmjor college than apublicuniversity.inMissis– sippi The average community and junior college tuition will rise from $796 a semester to $819. Students in the state's university system will pay an average of $2,370 a semester .in the fall, up from $2,259 previously, based on tuition bumps finalized Tuesday. Eric Clark. executive director of the See COLLEGES, 7A

Students at six will pay more in tuition. Tuition increases will range from $30 at Northeast Mississippi Community College to $100 at Holmes Com- Cl•rk munityCollege.

As their public university counter– parts did, community college leaders are blam.i.ng rising gasoline and utility costs for the price hlkes.

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