SIU-Carbondale expands in-state tuition

CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is offering in-state tuition rates for college-bound high school students in three neighboring states.

The university's board to trustees says the offer to students in Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana would take effect for the academic year beginning next August.

SIU President Glenn Poshard says the move has been discussed for about a year, and that it reciprocates what the neighboring states already have been doing.

The cuts mean an annual savings of nearly $10,000 for an out-of-state undergraduate student to attend the Carbondale school.

A similar plan being proposed for SIU's Edwardsville campus is expected to be approved by trustees in December.