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University Of Tennessee Unlikely To Increase Tuition
Tuition is likely to remain flat at the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses for the first time in 34 years.

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Tuition is likely to remain flat at the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses for the first time in 34 years.

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