William Jessup University today announced it will decrease tuition by 2.5 percent for full-time undergraduate students for the 2009-2010 academic year and will expand scholarship programs for low-income students. The drop in tuition is believed to be the first in the university’s 70-year history. The university is the Greater Sacramento region’s only private four-year, residential university. The 2.5 percent tuition cut will save full-time students $500 for the entire year. The decision to cut tuition is designed to assist those impacted by a difficult economy and runs counter to a national trend of rising higher education tuition costs. “This is the right time to cut the cost of higher