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FREMONT, Neb. — Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Neb., is offering a new program that will save some students thousands of dollars over their undergraduate careers.

Under the program, new and transfer students will lock in the fall 2009 tuition rate, estimated at about $22,000. Each consecutive year a student is enrolled, he or she will receive a 1 percent discount from the rate paid the previous year, for up to four years.

Based on estimates that tuition rates will rise 5 percent a year, a student who enrolls this fall would see a savings of more than $8,000 over four years.

To remain eligible, students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and stay enrolled full-time.

College spokesman Allen Forkner says the program is intended to help struggling families trying to weather the U.S. recession.

— The Associated Press