Kansas regents approve tuition increases for universities

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition and fee increases for all six public universities, citing a need to keep pace with rising costs and declining state support.

Full-time resident undergraduate students attending the University of Kansas in Lawrence will see a combined tuition-and-fee increase of about 3 percent. The increase will bring the total cost of tuition plus fees to nearly $5,574 per semester, the Lawrence Journal-World reported .

The fee increases were largely driven by requests from student organizations, Chancellor Douglas Girod said last month, whe...