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ASU tuition takes 26 percent hike

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 22:54

Appalachian State University students will pay $468 more in tuition costs next year in an attempt to quell budget cuts imposed on the university by the North Carolina General Assembly.

UNC system President Erskine Bowles approved the tuition hike Wednesday after meeting with representatives from Appalachian’s Board of Trustees via teleconference Tuesday afternoon.

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