The school, which had historically been tuition - free, started charging tuition in the fall of 2014 to make up for lost endowment income. (en.wikipedia.org)
Someone, most likely someone within the engineer school faculty, leaked to the activists a proposal under consideration by the administration to start charging tuition for engineering students. (msnbc.com)
The group wanted to block the college's plan to start charging tuition last fall. (nytimes.com)