Students cite homelessness, debt in response to Regents' proposed tuition increase

KATE KEALEY Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa State graduate student Rachel Sorensen said Monday she is homeless for the summer. She told members of the I...

June 25, 2022
2:32 AM

KATE KEALEY Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa State graduate student Rachel Sorensen said Monday she is homeless for the summer. She told members of the Iowa Board of Regents her situation isn't unique, and their plan to increase state university tuition and fees will make it worse.'My concern when I see the tuition raise or raising fees automatically goes to grad students who are struggling to get by,' Sorensen said. 'We are having departments shut down. We're having students not be able to get funding in the summer.

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