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"The Kansas Board of Regents approved another tuition hike for the state's colleges and universities Wednesday.The increases follow the fifth-straight round of higher education spending cuts from the Kansas Legislature.The proposed increases vary from school to school but average more than 5 percent.Medical students at the University of Kansas Medical Center will pay more than $15,000 per semester at the school under the new rates. Administrators at the school said the tuition increases still won't cover the state budget reductions, so there will still be cuts to the program.\"This is going to force us into some reductions, specifically in the short term,\" said Dr. Douglas Girod of the University of Kansas Medical Center, citing nursing as an area that might see cuts.Students at the University of Kansas in Lawrence will now pay almost $4,200 per semester. Kansas State University tuition will rise to more than $3,900 per semester.Students at the University of Missouri - Columbia and UMKC still pay more for tuition, even after the Kansas increases.The rising costs of college means students who graduate will leave school with a diploma and debt.Second-year medical student John Mussatto said he estimates his post-graduate debts will add up between $150,000 and $200,000.Higher education budgets in Kansas have been cut for five straight years, and tuition increases during the same time have not made up for the cuts. Kansas lawmakers cut the higher education budget during the legislative session to help pay for another round of tax cuts."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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