The Columbia Gorge Community College Board of Education approved a hike in tuition at the college for the 2016-17 academic year.  Tuition will jump from $91 per credit hour to $97, and credit fees go up from $15 to $16.  CGCC President Dr. Frank Toda says no one wants to raise tuition, but the school has very little choice at the current level of state funding for community colleges.  A lengthy discussion included consideration of a proposal to establish a $150 small class size fee in an effort to avoid cancellation of classes due to low numbers and provide predictability for students in class availability.  That was not adopted, but the board did direct staff to find a way to provide that predictability to students.