College Room and Board Costs To Increase by $200 Next Fall

Room and board charges at Harvard College will be raised $200 starting next Fall.

The basic room charge for undergraduates will go from $670 to $795. Board will increase from $800 to $875.

The room and board increase had been anticipated last month when it was announced that tuition would rise from $2600 to $2800 for 1970-71. The tuition hike was the third in three years.

Richard G. Leahy, assistant dean for Resources and Planning of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said yesterday that increases in maintenance costs, employees' salaries and utility bills contributed to the need for an increase in the room charge.

Dr. Chase N. Peterson '52, dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, said last night that the Financial Aid Office had included a $200 expected room and board increase in its request to the Faculty last month for an additional $400,000 to $600,000 for financial aid.

Peterson, who had not been informed about the exact amount of the increase until last night, said he was pleased that the increase did not go above $200. "It fortunately coincided with our guess," he said.

Yale

The trustees of Yale University, whose students face a combined tuition, room and board increase of $700, have reportedly approved a plan that would allow students to pay their tuition over a period of up to 35 years. The Yale faculty must next approve the proposal.

The purpose of the plan is to allow Yale to raise tuition without forcing students from middle-class families to go elsewhere. The university is expected to raise tuition by $500 next year.

Under the proposal, students pay 0.4 per cent of their earnings per year for each $1000 borrowed. Those students who begin making payments in the same calendar year will be treated as one group.

When the debt of the group as a whole is paid off, each member of the group is freed from any obligation. If the total debt is not paid off in 35 years, Yale will absorb the loss.