UNT Regents approve increase of rates

[Harry]

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.

Read more: http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20140220-regents-approve-increase-of-rates.ece

[untbowler]

so they have piss poor budgeting and a bad audit coming, so lets not fix the issue first lets just throw more money at it on top of the students backs

[adman]

so they have piss poor budgeting and a bad audit coming, so lets not fix the issue first lets just throw more money at it on top of the students backs

Or…energy prices continue to rise as well as food costs so we're going to have to raise the cost of on campus housing and meal plans to cover those increases.

[KRAM1]

UNT's housing and food costs to students continues to be WELL BELOW peer group average. This increase does not move the needle much closer to peer group average which is the aim of the university over the next few years.

[All About UNT]

but....but......the LIBRARY! We can't make any rate increases for at least 10 yrs because of the Great Library Scandal of 2013!