Virginia will spend $100 million next school year to boost the state's public colleges and universities. The governor and legislators say that money will give more Virginians a chance to earn a diploma. ... All of the major public universities in Virginia have approved tuition hikes for next school year but McDonnell says he wants to change that, "We want to reverse the trend in that last decade for the doubling of college tuitions. We want to keep a lid on these increases."