Ohio State University plans to freeze dorm rates for next fall

Ohio State University students and their families likely are getting a reprieve on the cost of college next year: What was to be a 2 percent hike in room rates for next fall has been dropped from a set of tuition and fee recommendations. The Board of Trustees is to act Friday on the recommendations, approved by the board's finance committee on Thursday. If they are approved, it will mean tuition and housing costs for Ohio State undergraduates who live in the state will have remained unchanged tw