4 percent increase for UW tuition approved

LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees voted Friday to raise student tuition by 4 percent in the 2016-17 academic year, with half of the revenues generated by the increase going to faculty and staff compensation.

The action is in line with a policy adopted last year calling for ongoing tuition increases of 4 percent annually, subject to modification by the board each year, as a way...