THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SINCE 1896 • VOLUME CXXVII, NO. 74 • dailycampus.com Thursday, February 18, 2021 CONFIRMED 2021 COVID-19 Current Residential Cases Cumulative Cumulative 177 CASES AT UCONN STORRS (positive/symptomatic) 102 Residential Cases* 143 Commuter Cases* 52 Cumulative as of 8:47 p.m. on Feb. 17 *positive test results Staff Cases* University administration introduces possible tuition increase cuts, improving student resources by Taylor Harton maintain that excellence and af- NEWS EDITOR fordability,” said Scott Jordan,
[email protected] UConn’s executive vice president for administration and chief fi- On Wednesday, administrative nancial officer, in a town hall figures at the University of Con- livestream on Wednesday. “We necticut introduced a tentative took a hard look at that this year plan to reduce the planned per- and asked, ‘What is the bare min- centage increase in tuition for imum at which we could get by students amid the financial con- while not compromising [stu- straints many are facing during dents’] educational experience?’ the COVID-19 pandemic. and we arrived at this number.” The plan would slash in half Under the new plan, General the previously-implemented 4.3 University Fees such as housing, percent increase for in-state tu- dining, recreation and technolo- ition costs for the fall 2021 se- gy would be frozen at their cur- mester to 2.2 percent, the lowest rent amounts for the upcoming increase since fiscal year 2000, academic year. Storrs students when tuition increased by 1.39 would be subject to a new $28/per percent.