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UMass trustees approve in-state tuition freeze for 2021-22 school year
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Tuition will remain unchanged for in-state students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Out-of-state students face a $1.5% rise. (Patrick Johnson / The Republican file)
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Out-of-state students will see a $1.5% increase.
The in-state freeze for the 2021-22 academic year marks the second consecutive year of tuition and mandatory fee freezes for UMass system. According to an announcement from the the trustees, the net price of attending UMass the cost minus financial aid remains consistent with other New England state universities and is 31% below comparable private institutions.
UMass frat suspended over suspected parties
Theta Chi Fraternity at UMass on North Pleasant Street. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST A fraternity at the University of Massachusetts is on interim suspension following reports that its members may have hosted large gatherings in late January.
UMass officials announced Feb. 8 that Theta Chi at 496 North Pleasant St. was put on interim suspension “pending investigation by the Student Conduct and Community Standards Office. The chapter has been directed to cease all chapter-related functions.”
“Interim sanctions are levied when there is a perceived need by the dean of students to take actions based on an immediate concern and knowing further investigation needs to occur,” UMass spokesman Edward Blaguszewski said Wednesday.
UMass lifting high-risk restrictions Monday
A solitary person walks past the Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2021. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVING GUTTING
Published: 2/21/2021 9:35:10 AM
AMHERST Students at the University of Massachusetts will be able to attend in-person classes and return to workplaces Monday when the campus lifts its order that all students self-quarantine where they live and shifts to an “elevated operational posture.”
In announcing the lifting of restrictions on student movements, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy noted that the school has been in a “high risk operational posture” due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.