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Speaker 1
Tuition and mandatory student fees will both be frozen at the current level, which is in line with a first of its kind recommendation from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. That's despite state public colleges losing 5% in state support and being required to hold back an additional 5%. Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns says April's dismal state revenue forecast forced many quick changes.

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Speaker 2
And the change between what we were predicting on April 15th to what we found out by May 15. Was a $20 million swing to the negative.

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Speaker 1
Ball State’s state revenue cut is about $14 million per year.

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Speaker 3
And then if we had simply raised tuition next year to the rate of inflation of about 3%, that's another $6 million in revenue.

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Speaker 1
What is increasing are room and board fees for students who live and eat on campus. Trustees passed a 2% increase in the 2526 school year, and another 2% increase in 2627. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.