Estimated read time: 1-2 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University officials are considering whether to endorse a tuition freeze for the fourth consecutive year and increase merit pay by 3.5 percent for employees at the West Lafayette campus, according to school president Mitch Daniels.
The Board of Trustees is expected to make a decision this week, and trustees also will discuss increasing entry-level wages to $10 an hour for full-time clerical and service staff, Daniels told the (Lafayette) Journal and Courier (http://on.jconline.com/1H5ealL ).
Although the University Senate has questioned whether another tuition freeze is possible on top of the proposed pay raises, the budget proves it's a sustainable move, Daniels said.
"I think this budget reflects it," he said.
Under the tuition freeze at Purdue, which currently is on its second year, the estimated cost of attendance for the 2014-15 academic year is $10,002 for Indiana residents, $28,804 for out-of-state students and $30,804 for international students.
Final approval of the third- and fourth-year tuition freezes is expected to take place at a trustees meeting on May 27. The board also will vote on the school's two-year budget at the meeting.
The proposed faculty and staff raises will cost Purdue about $20 million, according to Daniels.
Trustees at Indiana University approved a 2 percent increase in faculty pay last year, according to the school's website.
___
Information from: Journal and Courier, http://www.jconline.com
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
