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CBS News
18-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
University of Minnesota regents approve budget featuring tuition hikes, program cuts
The University of Minnesota's Board of Regents on Wednesday approved next year's operating budget, which features tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and a 7% cut to academic programs. The cuts, first proposed earlier this month, were in response to "unprecedented challenges facing higher education," the university said, including federal funding cuts. "We are making tough, strategic decisions to protect our mission and secure our future," President Rebecca Cunningham said when announcing the budget proposal. The budget increases undergraduate tuition rates at all of the school's campuses, with a 4% hike at the Crookston and Duluth campuses and a 5% hike at Morris. The in-state tuition rate would go up 6.5% for students at the Rochester and Twin Cities campuses, while out-of-state tuition would rise by 7.5% in the Twin Cities. Some university employees will see a 3% increase based on merit, the university said in a release. In addition to federal funding cuts, the university anticipates a 3.5% decrease to state funding when adjusted for inflation. The U is currently facing two federal lawsuits: one alleging discrimination against White students and another for failing to protect Jewish students. The Trump administration is threatening to cut more than $150 million a year from the university's National Institutes of Health medical research funding if the university does not cooperate. The budget passed with a 9-3 vote.
CTV News
11-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Concordia University ‘astonished' after Quebec vows to maintain tuition hikes for out-of-province students
Concordia University said it was shocked by comments from Quebec's higher education minister, who is promising to go ahead with tuition hikes for out-of-province students despite a court ruling that struck down the measure in its current form. 'We were astonished by the comments made today by the Ministry,' a university spokesperson said in an email to CTV News. 'We had hoped that the decision by the Superior Court in April could mark a reset of our relationship with the government. The comments, made one day after the end of the appeal period, make it clear that this is not the case.' In 2023, the provincial government announced a tuition hike of 33 per cent for non-Quebec students, a measure that had a direct impact on Quebec's largest English-language universities, McGill and Concordia. The government also imposed a new requirement that 80 per cent of out-of-province students at those universities would have to reach an intermediate level of French proficiency before graduating. However, in a ruling handed down last April, Superior Court Justice Éric Dufour declared the tuition hike 'unreasonable and invalid.' He also noted in the decision that the tuition hikes were unreasonable 'since they are not based on objective data or rational considerations.' Dufour also struck down the French-language requirement for out-of-province students, writing in his 82-page judgment that the threshold was 'almost certain to be impossible to achieve.' He gave the government nine months from April to revise its tuition plan. The Ministry of Education confirmed in an email that it will not appeal the decision. On Monday, the last day remaining to file an appeal of the April decision, Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry said on social media that there was 'misinformation' circulating online about the judgment and that the province is 'sticking to our decision.' 'First, regarding the tuition fees charged to Canadian students outside Quebec, I want to be clear: the court did not cancel the increase, and we are sticking to our decision. We firmly believe that it is not up to the Quebec government to guarantee financial accessibility to studies for non-Quebecers,' the minister wrote on her X account. She went on to say the ruling supports the goal of correcting the 'financial imbalance between English- and French-language universities' and recognized the government's objective of protecting the French language in Quebec. Discussions will be happening with English-language universities 'over the coming weeks' regarding French-language proficiency requirements, according to Déry. 'The judgment is clear,' says McGill A Concordia spokesperson said Monday the university was 'troubled' by the minister's comments that 'seem to indicate that the government simply plans to come back with a new set of arguments to justify an increase of tuition fees for out-of-province students,' which the university says goes against Justice Dufour's judgment. The university says it hopes to meet the minister soon but that no meeting has yet been scheduled. Meanwhile, in a brief statement on Tuesday, McGill said in an email that the Superior Court judgment 'is quite clear.' 'We will abide by it, as we hope others will. We remain committed to maintaining a constructive and respectful relationship with the Quebec Government,' the statement reads. More to come.
CTV News
10-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Quebec government will not appeal court ruling scrapping out-of-province tuition hike
McGill University in Montreal is seen on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it won't appeal a court decision overturning a university tuition hike for out-of-province students. But the province is not backing down, with the office of the higher education minister saying the government isn't obliged to guarantee access to Quebec universities for non-Quebecers. The statement by Pascale Déry's office did not give details on the government's next move. Quebec decided in 2023 to hike out-of-province tuition by 33 per cent to reduce the number of English-speaking students in the province, but a Superior Court judge in April found the increase was unreasonable and not justified by data. The ruling gave the government nine months to revise its tuition plan, and also overturned new French-language proficiency requirements for out-of-province students at English-language universities. The government says it will hold discussions with the universities about those requirements in the coming weeks. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2025.
CBS News
09-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
U of M proposes tuition hikes across all campuses, 7% cut to academic programs
The University of Minnesota is proposing tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and cuts to academic programs for the next fiscal year as it navigates what it calls "unprecedented challenges facing higher education." Under the proposal, undergraduate tuition rates would increase at all of U of M campuses across the state; a 4% hike at the Crookston and Duluth campus and a 5% hike at Morris. The in-state tuition rate would go up 6.5% for students at the Rochester and Twin Cities campuses, while out-of-state tuition would rise by 7.5% in the Twin Cities. Some university employees will see a 3% increase based on merit, the university said in a release. At the same time, the university says there will be a 7% cut to academic departments. University leaders say the financial struggles stem from cuts to federal research funding. Funding from the state is also uncertain, the university said, with an anticipated 3.5% decrease when adjusted for inflation. The U is currently facing two federal lawsuits: one alleging discrimination against white students and another for failing to protect Jewish students. The Trump administration is threatening to cut more than $150 million a year from the university's National Institutes of Health medical research funding if the university does not cooperate. "The University of Minnesota is not immune to the unprecedented challenges facing higher education. We are making tough, strategic decisions to protect our mission and secure our future," said President Rebecca Cunningham. The board says it'll accept in-person comments during a public forum scheduled Thursday at 4:15 p.m. They're expected to act on the budget proposal on June 18.
