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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Crist to announce plans to raise tuition statewide, St. Petersburg Times

By Jennifer Liberto and Steve Bousquet
November 20, 2008

Bowing to the pleas of Florida's cash-starved state universities, Gov. Charlie Crist will announce a plan today to allow all 11 schools to raise tuition up to 15 percent a year.

Crist will reverse his stated opposition to higher tuition by asking the Legislature to extend the same 15 percent tuition hike that five of the largest universities, including the University of South Florida and Florida International University in Miami, could charge this year.

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