William & Mary adds $400 to student tuition
Following in the footsteps of other Virginia universities, the finance committee of William & Mary's board of visitors voted Thursday to raise tuition by $400 for every student.
The proposal also called for a $250,000 addition to student aid to offset the burden of the surcharge on students.
The action comes in response to a $4.9 million cut to state appropriations.
The full board of visitors will vote on the measures at their body meeting later this month.
Should the proposal pass, tuition and fees will be raised from $5,088 to $5,488 for in-state undergraduates. Out-of-state undergraduates would pay $19,292, up from $19,692.
Administrators at the university justified the surcharge as being preferable to layoffs or other cutbacks.
Gilmore speaks out against sales tax referendum
Former Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III denounced Tuesday the referendum that would raise sales tax by a half-cent in Northern Virginia to generate money for transportation projects in the area.
Gov. Mark R. Warner has campaigned aggressively for the referendum, which would provide about $5 billion over 20 years for the region's ailing transportation system.
Gilmore said he thought Warner had not made a solid case for the referendum, adding that raising taxes was an easy solution to a more complex problem.
-- Compiled by Deirdre Erin Murphy and Chris Wilson
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