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Tuition hike ensures a 'quality educational product'

As president of the state College Board, I am sensitive to the financial needs of our eight public universities as well as the impact a tuition increase has on Mississippi's students and parents.

Increasing tuition is difficult on students. Just as difficult are student buildings without fire suppression systems, campuses without adequate sewer treatment facilities, and classes that can't be offered because there's not enough money to hire professors to teach them....