DALLAS Room and meal plan rates are set to rise in the fall at the University of North Texas, the first of four years of rate increases approved Thursday by the UNT system Board of Regents.
Standard room rates will increase 8 percent next fall and premium room rates will increase by 2 percent. Five-day meal plans will increase 5.2 percent and seven-day plans will increase 2.1 percent under the rates approved by the regents.
The regents met Thursday in Dallas but there was no public discussion of the budget shortfalls and ongoing audit at UNT that were unveiled Wednesday by Chancellor Lee Jackson. The board met behind closed doors for a lengthy executive session that spanned three hours but no action was taken when they emerged.
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