KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - University of Missouri curators are meeting Thursday in Kansas City to discuss a possible tuition increase for the 2012-13 academic year.
Administrators are proposing a 7.5% tuition increase for Missouri residents attending the Columbia campus and even more at the St. Louis and Rolla campuses. The Kansas City campus would see a 3%.
The proposals are a response to a recommended 12.5% cut in state higher education funding sought by Governor Jay Nixon. Missouri lawmakers must still approve those cuts. Some legislators say they don't support such hefty spending limits.
A tuition increase of greater than 3%, which is the current inflation rate, could also expose the university system to political retaliation by Nixon.
The governor wants to see further reductions in universities' administrative costs.