Inside INdiana Business is reporting that Purdue University President Mitch Daniels has announced that Purdue plans to hold tuition at 2012 levels for an eighth consecutive year. The university is also giving a one-time $500 appreciation payment this spring to all West Lafayette campus staff who make $75,000 or less and who were employed as of Dec. 31, 2018.
Eighty-three percent of all non-faculty Purdue associates will receive the one-time payment.
This year considered, six graduating classes will have earned their Purdue degrees without ever experiencing a tuition increase. According to the university, the last time a tuition increase was announced at Purdue was when today’s freshmen were in elementary school.
The university will also offer a 2.5 percent merit raise pool for West Lafayette faculty and staff for the fiscal year that will begin July 1, the fifth consecutive year for a merit increase.
“Our staff members’ suggestions, flexibility and productivity have helped make our affordability policies possible,” Daniels said in a news release. “We think it’s time for a modest gesture of appreciation for all they do.”