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UMass president now forecasting larger tuition and fee increases

UMass president now forecasting larger tuition and fee increases

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STATE HOUSE — University of Massachusetts students working this summer to pay for college could face a higher financial mountain to climb in the fall. After freezing tuition for two straight years and then increasing it 5 percent last year, UMass appears poised to raise tuition and fees by rates that far exceed growth in inflation and personal income.

STATE HOUSE — University of Massachusetts students working this summer to pay for college could face a higher financial mountain to climb in the fall. After freezing tuition for two straight years and then increasing it 5 percent last year, UMass appears poised to raise tuition and fees by rates that far exceed growth in inflation and personal income.…