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The Student Government Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday to include a referendum on the ballot in this spring’s election.

The referendum will include two questions: first, “Do you support the proposed tuition increase?” and second, “Would you accept budget cuts to a wide-range of University services and programs?”

President William Powers, Jr. asked the UT System Board of Regents on Thursday for the largest tuition increase the UT System will allow during the next two academic years.

Students could pay hundreds more in tuition for the 2012 - 2014 semesters if the recommendations are approved.

The regents will meet in March to finalize tuition for 2012 -2013 and 2013 - 2014.

President William Powers Jr. will receive recommendations today to ask the UT System Board of Regents for the largest tuition increase the regents will allow during the next two academic years.

Tuition increases on the horizon

Students have voiced concerns about possible tuition increases which are intended to improve four-year graduation rates and worry that those goals favor timely graduation rates over quality education.

About 50 people attended a Tuition Policy Advisory Committee forum about tuition recommendations for 2012-2014 on Wednesday.

TPAC is considering recommending the largest tuition increases that the UT System will allow in order to cover budget shortfalls.

Members of three student committees submitted recommendations to their deans to suggest ways to best spend their colleges’ budgets for this semester.

As the climate cools, members of the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee put on their sweaters and prepare for the tuition-setting season, caroling hopeful tunes of representation and self-determination.

A newly formed student committee submitted recommendations to decrease tuition and increase the quality of UT’s liberal arts education to the college’s dean on Wednesday.

Here is the information from UT’s web site about Tuesday’s Town Hall with President Bill Powers:

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President Powers holds town hall meeting Feb. 2
by William Powers Jr.
Published: Jan. 28

Dear students, faculty and staff members:

You may have questions about the issues confronting the university today.

I invite you to a university-wide town hall meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2, from 4-6 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium, room 2.302, in the ACES Building.

The Tuition Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC) at The University of Texas at Austin has recommended to President William Powers Jr. a tuition increase of 3.95 percent per year for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years for all undergraduate and graduate student programs to avoid budget cuts that would jeopardize the university's quality of education and [...]