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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The board of governors from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has recently voted to raise tuition in Pennsylvania for the first time in seven years. According to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, the increase could be rolled back if funding is increased. The tuition is now just below $8,000 a year with an additional $139 each semester for students in colleges including IUP, Kutztown, Slippery Rock University and WCU.