As anticipated, the board that governs the three state universities gave final approval of the proposed tuition and fee increases for the three state universities at their meeting Wednesday in Cedar Falls. Board of Regents president, Mike Richards, says the increase is needed after the state funding did not increase this year.

The increase for base undergraduate residents is 283 dollars at the University of Iowa, 282 dollars at Iowa State University, and 115 dollars at the University of Northern Iowa.  The Regents also approved a 53-dollar mandatory fee increase for the U-I and I-S-U, and no increase in fees at U-N-I.