The Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee approved a recommendation to increase student health insurance from $744 per semester to $1,052 at a Thursday meeting.The increase would be NIU’s second major health insurance fee increase...

Beginning in Fall 2012, student health insurance fees will rise by $146.At a Feb. 15 Board of Trustees meeting, Board Vice Chair Robert Boey said a "major contributor" to the fee increase is the "dramatic" 17.9 percent rise in health insurance premiums...