FAIRFIELD Maine
Trustees of the Maine Community College System are expected to consider a tuition rate increase of about 2.5 percent when they meet Wednesday.
President John Fitzsimmons plans to recommend approval. The meeting will be held at Kennebec Valley Community College.
Additional revenue would go toward bolstering student support and faculty staffing, according to the systems public affairs officer, Helen Pelletier.
“Community colleges have grown 47 percent (in enrollment) in the last four years, and state support has increased 10 percent,” she said. “And so colleges have really been stretched thin.”
Pelletier said a 2.5 percent tuition increase would increase the cost per credit hour from $78 to $80.
Last year, tuition went up 5.4 percent, Pelletier said.
