Oakland University OKs 7 pct. tuition increase

ROCHESTER (AP) -- Oakland University's regents have raised tuition by 7 percent for the coming academic year. The Detroit Free Press says the decision was made recently. It sets the tuition for undergraduates from within Michigan at $10,399. Under the funding plan passed by the state Legislature and headed to Gov. Rick Snyder, Oakland University's annual state aid is set to drop from $50.6 million to $43.1 million. Oakland board chairman Henry Baskins says legislators "don't know anything" about schools like Oakland and are unaware of the damage the budget cuts are causing to education in the state. Published: Mon, Jun 20, 2011