{"id":6987,"date":"2011-06-25T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2011-06-25T02:00:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T07:00:53","slug":"apsu-incurs-lowest-tuition-increase-by-tennessee-board-of-regents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/06\/25\/apsu-incurs-lowest-tuition-increase-by-tennessee-board-of-regents\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU incurs lowest tuition increase by Tennessee Board of Regents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Salary Increases coming after 4-year Wait<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><\/em><\/span><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) today approved an 8.8 percent tuition and fee rate for Austin Peay State University. Although APSU officials prefer that students not incur tuition increases, APSU\u2019s increase was the lowest among all TBR universities, community colleges and technology centers.<\/p>\n<p>APSU President Tim Hall said, \u201cWe never want to put more financial burden on our students. However, we are fortunate to have the lowest increase among TBR institutions.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University and Tennessee Tech University maintenance fee and tuition increases resulted in 9.8 percent increases. The University of Memphis will have an 11 percent increase. APSU students will pay $192.00 more each semester for tuition and maintenance fees.<\/p>\n<h3>Salary increases coming after 4-year wait<\/h3>\n<p>Along with the approvals for tuition increases, the TBR approved a 3 percent salary increase for all regular, eligible employees of TBR, effective July 1st. TBR employees have not received raises in four years, resulting in the loss of faculty and staff in recent months specifically due to the lack of competitive salaries, according to Hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lost several talented, hard-working faculty and staff in recent months,\u201d Hall said. \u201cThese are the kind of people we want to keep because they have proven themselves as great assets to our mission, which is to provide an excellent academic experience to our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TBR institutions will be able to submit plans for additional increases in September to address compensation plans, salary compression issues and below market salaries if funds are available. APSU plans to provide its faculty and staff the minimum allowable increases, Hall said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the resources,\u201d Hall emphasized, \u201cand we will use them to the full extent allowed to compensate our University personnel, who work diligently every day to provide our students an extraordinary academic opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salary Increases coming after 4-year Wait Clarksville, TN &#8211; The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) today approved an 8.8 percent tuition and fee rate for Austin Peay State University. Although APSU officials prefer that students not incur tuition increases, APSU\u2019s increase was the lowest among all TBR universities, community colleges and technology centers. 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