Chancellor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco’s, the 9th at the University of Massachusetts Boston, was inaugurated Friday with Gov. Maura Healey at the ceremony that also had protesters calling out tuition hikes.

The UMass Board of Trustees Committee on Administration and Finance voted unanimously Wednesday morning to <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/04/03/tuition-hike-on-tap-at-umass/">increase tuition for in-state undergraduates</a> by 2.5% for the 2024-2025 academic year to $17,006, adding $415 to the bill of a student at the flagship Amherst campus, and slightly less at the Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses.

<img decoding="async" class="lazyautosizes lazyload" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/UMasslo05.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1" alt="People protest tuition costs during Chancellor Suarez-Orozco's Inauguration at UMass Boston's Clark Athletic Center. (Libby O'Neill/Boston Herald)" width="100%" height="auto" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/UMasslo05.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1" data-attachment-id="4703159" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/UMasslo05.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/UMasslo05.jpg?fit=310%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 310w"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">People protest tuition costs during Chancellor Suarez-Orozco’s Inauguration at UMass Boston’s Clark Athletic Center. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)</figcaption>

Chancellor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco’s, the 9th at the University of Massachusetts Boston, was inaugurated Friday with Gov. Maura Healey at the ceremony that also had protesters calling out tuiti…{ai:summary}<p>Tensions rise at UMass Boston as Chancellor Suarez-Orozco's inauguration is overshadowed by protests against tuition hikes, approved by the UMass Board of Trustees. #education</p>

Cheers and jeers at UMass Boston

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