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Student leaders urge Regents to hold 2025-26 tuition increases, press for transparency and targeted fees
Summary
Student government leaders from the University of Iowa, Iowa State, and University of Northern Iowa told the Iowa Board of Regents that proposed tuition and fee increases would burden students and urged the board to hold tuition steady, increase transparency, and pursue targeted rather than blanket fee increases for graduate students.
Student government leaders from the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa addressed the Iowa Board of Regents on May 19 to express concerns about proposed tuition and mandatory fee increases for the 2025-26 academic year and to urge greater transparency, increased financial support for low-income and first-generation students, and targeted fee models for graduate students.
Thomas Knudson, student body president at the University of Iowa, told the board that a proposed increase of about $279 per year for UI students is meaningful because, he said, cumulative increases since his freshman year amount to roughly $1,200 and nearly a 12% rise. "Every extra dollar that goes into tuition is one less dollar…
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