The Board of Trustees Tuition and Fees Committee is meeting today at 9:15 a.m . in Winslow Conference Hall to discuss the proposed campus-initiated tuition and fee increases, which includes a proposed $330 tuition increase.    This meeting is just one day after the protests at UNC Chapel Hill.   A committee of the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved a 40 percent increase on in-state tuition Wednesday and the recommended increase was immediately met by student protestors who condemned the proposal. The full UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees will vote on it today.   The UNC Chapel Hill proposed increase is based off of a loophole in the 2006 legislation that allowed up to a 6.5 percent cap on tuition in UNC system. The loophole allows for campuses to “catch up” to the tuition level of peer institutions. N.C . State’s peer group includes institutions that receive a large portion of their funding from the state and grants and have low tuition compared to the number of students they are serving.    If the N.C . State Board of Trustees chose to use the “catch-up” system, N.C . State students could look forward to two tuition-increase options.    The one-year option at N.C . State would increase tuition by the proposed $330 and $1,500, an increase of $1,830. The four-year option, which is the option UNC Chapel Hill will vote on today, will allow tuition to increase by 6.5 percent plus $375 for the next four years.    Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford speculated the events in Chapel Hill Wednesday could have an effect on the committee’s tuition discussions today.   Patrick Devore , PAMS senator, the chair of the Student Government Committee on Tuition and Fees, said students are welcome to attend the open meeting tomorrow and on Friday.    ”I don’t think [the catch-up system] is in play here at State, at least not this year,” Devore said. “It may be more talked about after the meeting at UNC today.”   While the UNC system is constitutionally-bound to provide education at a “practicable” cost to the people of North Carolina, campuses across the UNC system have to look at other ways to raise money due to the loss of federal and state support and one of those ways is increasing tuition. Students from across the UNC system have expressed their discontent at the hikes through campus protests.   Christine Hajdin , a representative from the Association of Student Governments, talked to N.C . State’s Student Government about the “Cuts Hurt” program Wednesday, which aims to educate students and legislators about the situations students are facing as tuition increases.   Devore said students can help by submitting stories to Student Government about how they’ve been affected by the tuition increases and economic downturn. These will be forwarded to the UNC Board of Governors, by order of UNC President Thomas Ross.   “We want to make sure our voices are heard,” Hajdan said.   The N.C . State Board of Trustees Tuition and Fees Committee will vote on tuition and fees and will send their proposal to the full Board of Trustees meeting on Friday morning.