THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, July 14, 1996 TAG: 9607140057
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3A EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Students at UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University will have to pay nearly 30 percent more in tuition and fees this fall after a directive by the Legislature.
The UNC Board of Governors gave final approval Friday for the price increases for students attending each of the system's 16 schools - ranging from a 1.9 percent jump at N.C. A&T to 29.8 percent at N.C. State.
The higher prices for the 1996-97 school year include a 4 percent tuition increase for in-state students mandated by lawmakers and student fee increases that vary from campus to campus.
Students at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State are receiving the largest increases because legislators gave trustees on those campuses permission last year to raise tuition an additional $400.
At UNC-Chapel Hill, the extra money is going to increase faculty salaries, enhance libraries and boost student aid. At N.C. State, the money will go for library enhancement and student aid, not salaries.
Out-of-state students at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State will pay 5 percent more than last year. Out-of-state students elsewhere will pay 4.5 percent more than in 1995-96.
The cost of attending UNC System schools remains among the nation's lowest, but increases on most of the campuses outpaced the inflation rate this year.
UNC System President C.D. Spangler Jr. also told board members Friday that a study will begin on how campuses evaluate and review faculty members after they receive tenure.
Young professors endure careful scrutiny before they receive tenure, a lifetime employment guarantee that protects a professor's academic freedom. But after they receive tenure, evaluations are not as tight.
Spangler thinks the university system's board should consider a uniform policy for such reviews.
``I know there's no consistency, and while I don't have any great fears about the quality of teaching, I think the board should look at it and improve it,'' he said.
Spangler also announced plans to study offering early retirement options to some professors. ILLUSTRATION: [Graphic]
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Tuition and Fees
Tution and fees for the University of North Carolina System
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