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"Room and board at the state's universities will increase next year.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved increases ranging from 3.9 percent at Kansas State to 2.1 percent at Fort Hays State.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0Regents staff said the increases are necessary to cover anticipated inflation, as well as facility maintenance and improvements.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0The Lawrence Journal-World reported rates will increase 3.6 percent at Emporia State, 3 percent at Pittsburg State and 2.5 percent at the University of Kansas.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0The regents staff said Wichita State's plan will cost $10,164 per year but that figure is not comparable with the previous year because of new housing on campus.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0All the Kansas schools except Wichita State still will be below the $8,737 average room-and-board charge for four-year public institutions in the Midwest."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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