UI Trustees Don’t Show for IL Senator’s Tuition Hearing

A state senator who hopes to take the University of Illinois to task for its spending was forced to cancel a hearing on the subject after none of the school's trustees showed up.

Sen. Martin Sandoval says trustees are irresponsible for not attending his hearing in Springfield on Tuesday. Members of the board of trustees oversee the University of Illinois' three campuses.

The Chicago Democrat says trustees chairman Christopher Kennedy has asked to meet with him Thursday.

Sandoval last week said he wants to hold hearings on university spending and tuition increase.

Interim university President Stanley Ikenberry has said he will ask trustees to OK a 9.5 percent tuition increase for the next school year.