Wayne State University approved a 6.9 percent increase in tuition for next year, which is the lowest dollar increase of any of Michigan's public universities. The average dollar cost increase for the research universities, which include the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Michigan Tech, is $700 per year. The budget includes $29 million in base budget reductions and will include the continuation of searches for 59 new faculty members. \"We never want to raise tuition this much,\" said Tina Abbott, chair of Wayne State's Board of Governors. \"We know how difficult this economy is, and how much this hurts students and their families. But we faced the largest cut in state appropriations in our history. We have a duty to protect the quality of a Wayne State education and we had no other choice.\" Megha Trivedi, WSU pre-med student and student delegate to WSU's Board of Governors' Budget and Finance Committee, also commented in the Detroit News story.

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