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Ole Miss to reduce out-of-state tuition The University of Mississippi, among other schools in the state, will begin waiving out-of-state tuition and fees for high-achieving students. BY ANNE-MARIE HEROD aherod@go.olemiss.edu
Due to increasing enrollment of freshman here, the University has decided to follow along with other universities of the state such as Delta State and MUW, and extend potential out of state waivers and reductions for out of state tuition. Delta State, located in Cleveland, MS is actually the first college in the state of Mississippi to totally waive the out of state fee with nonresidents being able to pay the same tuition rates as in state residents. “Each institution of higher learning was given the opportunity to bring a proposal forward for approval by the IHL board regarding how
we might want to increase the non resident scholarship offering,” said financial aid director Laura Diven-Brown. Here at Ole Miss, the tuition will not be completely waived. Out of state students seeking to have their tuition reduced much meet certain criteria. The financial aid department will be awarding scholarships based on achievement and to students. “I think there have been some initial thoughts that all IHL institutions would actually waive and not even charge the non residents,” said Brown. As of now the university plans to only waive out of state tuition for member of the military who have been See TUITION, PAGE 4
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Rebels on the road With the Rebels departing for this season’s final away game in Baton Rouge, pause to consider the costs of taking to the road.
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The University of Mississippi football team has played four away games this season, with one left, and some may not realize the amount of preparation needed to take
the Rebels on the road. Angela Robinson, assistant athletics director for finance, said that the whole travel process starts with scheduling. “Once we have the schedule, we sit down and determine which trips are bus trips, which trips we charter and
where we will stay on those trips,” Robinson said. Robinson said that if it’s a night game, the cheerleaders, managers and trainers don’t leave until Saturday morning, but if it’s a day game, all of See ROAD, PAGE 4
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State college board approves fee hike for Ole Miss, MSU JACKSON — The state College Board has approved a request from Mississippi’s two largest universities to impose a $50-a-semester fee on their students. The board agreed Thursday with a recommendation from a committee that the proposal by the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University be approved. Leaders of the schools say they need money for buildings. In Ole Miss’ case, that’s a $50 million renovation and expansion of its student union. MSU plans a combination classroom and parking garage at the price of $37 million. Charges would not apply to University of Mississippi Medical Center students in
Jackson or to Mississippi State online students. Ole Miss estimates its fee would generate $1.83 million annually, while MSU estimates it would collect $1.7 million. The extra $100 a year would be added next fall atop the tuition increase that the College Board has already approved for Ole Miss, bringing in-state costs to $6,640 next fall. That would be 7.4 percent more than $6,151 in-state students are paying this year. At MSU, the in-state price would rise to $6,622 including the alreadyslated tuition increase. That would be 7.6 percent above this year’s tuition of $6,153. Ole Miss raised tuition 6.8 percent before this school year, while MSU raised it 6 percent.