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COD blames higher salaries for tuition increase

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The College of DuPage board of trustees has approved a $4 per credit hour tuition increase in part, officials say, to pay for higher employee salaries.

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It will cost students more to attend the state's largest community college later this fall. The College of DuPage board of trustees voted 6-1 Thursday to increase tuition by $4, to a total of $140 per credit hour including fees, that the college's administration says accounts for the cost of salary increases for college employees in the next fiscal year.