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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon board of trustees has voted to increase tuition — by 3.8 percent for Oregon residents and 3.7 percent for out-of-staters.
The Eugene Register-Guard (http://bit.ly/1H6ZwMS) reports about 120 protesters came to the board meeting Thursday with signs saying, "We are ducks not bucks." Some said international students are being treated as ATMs.
The board voted 7-6 against trimming the increases and then voted 11-2 to adopt them.
The protesters rallied to the front of the room, circled the board's table and shut down the meeting for half an hour.
With the increase, in-state tuition goes to about $8,500 a year, $30,240 for out-of-state students.
Out-of-state tuition generates $227 million a year, while in-state tuition is $74 million.
Tuition is about 80 percent of the school's operating budget.
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