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Trustees pass 5.2 percent tuition hike
Will send Chancellor's recommendation to Bowles
November 19, 2009
By Eliza Kern

UNC's Board of Trustees voted unanimously this morning in favor of a 5.2 percent tuition increase for all undergraduate students, bringing to a close campus discussions of the proposed hike. The proposal will now go to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles for approval.

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