Tuition is expected to rise at the state's 15 public universities this year, even if they get a boost in state funding. "We can't take another tuition increase or another fee," said Cindy Chidi, a Detroit junior who is studying nutrition and food science at Wayne State. Nancy Barrett, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at WSU said, "I can't guarantee what our board is going to do, but I think it's fair to say there's going to be some increase." Student Ashley Terhune of Detroit indicated that she is distressed about possible increases. "My financial aid, when I first started here, it covered everything. Now it doesn't." She is working 32 hours per week and taking four classes this term. An accompanying list shows tuition and fee rates for Michigan's public universities for the past five years.