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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Volume 128 No. 33
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JJC to raise tuition for fall semester
College says it’s still in lower half for per credit hour cost
By Enterprise Staff Citing a need to invest in critical goals and operating costs, Joliet Junior College will be raising its tuition in fall 2016. The JJC Board of Trustees recently voted to raise tuition $10 per credit hour; bringing the total for tuition and fees from $115 to $125 per credit hour. According to the school, JJC is still in the lower half of community colleges in the state of Illinois in terms of per credit hour cost. At the trustee’s meeting, student trustee Saleh Ruman said that after being presented with the facts, JJC students, including student government, were in favor of the tuition increase. “I want to confirm students’ support of the increase,” he said. ”We did a survey of 100 students, and a majority of them supported it.” The tuition increase will allow the college to invest in strategic student outreach, critical goals in the college’s Title III grant, operating costs at the City Center Campus and critical student support positions.
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Bagpipers march to the tune of their own music during the Hometown Irish Parade.
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