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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndiana University's trustees have approved room and board rate increases for students on the Bloomington campus.
The Herald-Times reports the increases approved Friday by IU's trustees will bring a 3.2 percent rate increase for the Bloomington campus' most commonly requested room and board package.
IU says that package includes an air-conditioned, double-occupancy room in a mid-amenity residence hall and a standard meal plan. That package currently costs $9,943, but will increase by about $300 starting in the 2015-16 school year.
Trustee Patrick Shoulders took issue with school officials' contention that the rate increases were needed in response to a recent $1 minimum wage increase for IU employees.
Shoulders questioned why a minimum wage increase is used as justification for a rate increase when other wage increases are not.
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