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that weren’t included in Gov. George Allen’s proposed budget for the next two years. . i
John T. “Til” Hazel Jr., chairman of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council and a Republican bankroller from Northern Virginia, was on the list. He cited the burden that college students and their families face with the increased tuitions caused by the legislators’ refusal to implement broad-based tax increases in recent years.
“The result has been a dramatic increase in tuition — or some would
say a ‘tax’ on student^ and parents,” he said. “And our tuiuon now is second highest in the nation.”
Mr. Hazel, who long has led a fight for increased legislative support for higher education, argued for increased financial aid, higher faculty salaries and a greater' investment in technology for the state-supported colleges .and universities.
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