ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, February 22, 1996 TAG: 9602220053
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: RADFORD
SOURCE: ALLISON BLAKE STAFF WRITER
"I love the idea," said Peggy Hathaway, a junior from Lancaster County who is putting herself through school.
"I feel my pocketbook lightening as we speak."
While in-state tuition will stay steady at $2,016 for Virginia students and $6,590 for nonresidents, the Radford board, like Tech's, did raise fees and room and board.
A $32 increase brings to $1,130 the comprehensive fee that students pay for student activities, athletics, health services, debt service and building facilities. The typical on-campus student will pay $62 more for room and board, bringing that total to $4,174.
At least $28 of the comprehensive fee increase likely will be put aside to pay for the expansion of the Heth Student Center, which will begin in two years, said Charlie King, vice president for business affairs.
It's been more than two years since Gov. George Allen first capped tuition increases at the rate of inflation, signaling an end to the steep increases that many feared would price students out of the market. At Radford, just as at Tech, setting tuition now, while students are deciding what school to attend, will help with recruitment.
"We're finding the percentage of students who have applied has increased," said President Douglas Covington, whose first-year administration has undertaken a recruitment push.
Last fall, a $1 million shortfall turned up after 418 fewer students than expected enrolled for the semester. A total of 8,687 students signed up for classes.
Wednesday's action by the board of visitors came with next to no discussion.
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