UMKC students can expect their tuition to increase 4.8 percent starting summer 2011. On average, students attending the four University of Missouri (UM) campuses will see tuition increase 5.5 percent, a recommendation approved 6-2 by the UM Board of Curators Friday, Jan. 28. Students at the University of Missouri- Columbia (MU) will see tuition increase 5.8 percent, while those at the University of Missouri- St. Louis (UMSL) and Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in Rolla will see rates increase 4.7 and 6.6 percents respectively. The four UM schools made the recommendations and presented them to the Board. The tuition increase is attributed to a $63 million, seven percent, funding cut Governor Jay Nixon made to higher education as part of an effort to balance the state budget “Managing the remaining funding gap … Read entire article »