Tuition increases, say official, are driven by the universities' costs, consequently, tuition income typically covers less than 50% of college budgets.

Explanation

Analysis: The word "consequently" is used to indicate a result or outcome, which is appropriate here. However, the use of a comma before "consequently" makes the sentence a run-on sentence. A semicolon or a period should be used instead to properly separate the two independent clauses.Conclusion: This option contains the error due to incorrect punctuation. Consequently: This option is the correct one to mark, as the punctuation preceding "consequently" is incorrect. The sentence should use a semicolon or period instead of a comma.Explanation:"By the universities" is correctly used to indicate ownership of the costs."Consequently" is appropriately used to indicate a result, but the punctuation before it is incorrect."Typically" is correctly used to describe the usual situation."Less" is correctly used to describe the proportion of college budgets covered by tuition income.So, the correct answer is B) Consequently.