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Slippery Rock University's Board of Trustees votes to rescind tuition increase

By Patrick Damp

July 20, 2022 / 8:26 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Slippery Rock rescinds tuition increase

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (KDKA) - A tuition hike will no longer be in front of Slippery Rock University students.

The university's board of trustees voted on Tuesday night to rescind the two-percent increase.

Slippery Rock's decision comes after the state budget passed with additional funding for state universities.

The tuition will remain the same for four years.

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Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.