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Faced with an expected shortfall in state funding, Linn-Benton Community College officials announced last week that students will likely experience a nearly 7% tuition increase in the fall, and that the college will cut two academic programs and eliminate some library positions.

The college announced it will eliminate two academic programs, criminal justice and computer science, at the end of the 2023-24 academic year as part of budget cuts. Current students enrolled in those programs will have the opportunity to finish their degrees over the next two years.

The Adult Basic Skills (ABS) pr...