Rick Perry Wins: UT-Austin Freezes Tuition

"How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver."
Proverbs 16:16

They must be feeling the heat:

AUSTIN — After Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter to the chairman of the University of Texas System board of regents Wednesday morning urging them to find alternatives to tuition increases, the board put off a decision on in-state tuition at the system's nine academic institutions until Tuesday.

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Chairman Paul Foster said Perry influenced the process, adding, “He's the governor of the state. I believe that's his role.”

“We are all very cognizant of, not only his desire, but our own desire to limit tuition increases,” Foster said.

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The UT academic institutions had asked for increases of tuition and fees ranging from 2.13 percent to 3 percent for in-state undergraduates taking 15 semester credit hours in fall 2014 if they don't opt for a more costly guaranteed rate, which will be locked in for four years.

Perry's letter urged placing “a far greater emphasis on controlling the spiraling costs of a college education.”

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