The UH System Board of Regents will meet Monday to vote on the appointment of Paula Short as provost in addition to proposed increases to tuition rates beginning this fall.

Scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom E of the Hilton Hotel, the meeting will begin with the Finance & Administration committee, which will vote on the proposal to increase tuition by approximately 4 percent.

The rate increases will be used to lower adviser/student and faculty/student ratio, provide additional financial aid and funding for teaching assistants and to improve the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. The committee will also vote on a proposal to issue new bonds, raising money for construction.

If the proposals pass, they will be reviewed by the full Board of Regents, scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. at the same location. The Board will then vote on the appointment of Short and any proposals approved by the Finance & Administration committee.

Short joined UH in 2012 as a distinguished professor in the College of Education. She was appointed as provost by President and Chancellor Renu Khator on June 4 after serving as interim provost this past semester.

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