ten percent 2016 increase in comprehensive fee

 Sewanee is increasing its tuition,room and board fee from $49,750 in 2015 to $54,500 in 2016, about a ten percent increase.
 In 2011 they lowered the comprehensive fee by about 10 per cent .  What is going on?   

not thrilled to hear this, but a 10% increase every four years is still better than a lot of colleges, plus the $54,500 is your guaranteed rate for the next four years if you’re a freshman