10 - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY,JUNE 4.2003
TUITION
Fall semester could bring rise in tuition
By Maggie Newcomer
mnewcomer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
When students return to the University of Kansas next fall, they might be paying $16.50 more per credit hour. The Board of Regents will vote on the proposed tuition increase on June 25.
According to the proposal, resident undergraduates taking 15 credit hours will pay $308.50 more each semester and nonresident undergraduates taking 15 credit hours will pay $445 more each semester. This totals $8.6 million more a year to the University.
Provost David Shulenburger said the proposal was a five-year plan, meaning tuition would increase by the same amount each year for five years. At the end of five years, the tuition increase will total $43 million.
Andy Knopp, student body president, worked on the tuition advisory committee
last year and said student concerns were adequately represented regarding the increase.
"We're appreciative of the administration's commitment to use the money for student programs," Knopp said.
Knopp said one area that needed the money the most was technology. The University plans to use $4.8 million to improve classroom technology and the new student portal system, he said.
The proposal also pays $8.4 million for new faculty positions and programs and $7.3 million to faculty salaries.
"They said they wouldn't use the money to fill in the cracks in the budget, and they kept their word," Knopp said.
PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR TUITION ENHANCEMENT PLAN*
"Everything costs money," Cohlmia said. "I understand that they can't make
Kyle Cohlmia, Stillwater, Okla., sophomore, said she wouldn't mind the tuition increase, as long as the money was used to benefit the quality of her education.
<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Year 1</th><th>Year 2</th><th>Year 3</th><th>Year 4</th><th>Year 5</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Technology Fee</td><td>2.40</td><td>2.40</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>4.80</td></tr><tr><td>GTA Salaries</td><td>1.00</td><td>1.00</td><td>1.00</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr><td>Libraries</td><td>0.80</td><td>0.50</td><td>0.50</td><td>1.00</td><td></td><td>2.80</td></tr><tr><td>Dept OOE</td><td>1.50</td><td>0.50</td><td>1.00</td><td>1.00</td><td>1.00</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>New Faculty/Programs</td><td></td><td>1.50</td><td>2.00</td><td>2.40</td><td>2.50</td><td>8.40</td></tr><tr><td>Faculty Salaries</td><td></td><td>1.50</td><td>2.00</td><td>2.00</td><td>1.80</td><td>7.30</td></tr><tr><td>Faculty Startup</td><td>1.00</td><td></td><td>0.50</td><td></td><td>0.50</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>New Staff Positions</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.42</td><td>0.50</td><td>0.60</td><td>0.60</td><td>2.20</td></tr><tr><td>Unclassified Salary Increases</td><td></td><td>0.70</td><td>0.90</td><td>0.90</td><td>0.90</td><td>3.40</td></tr><tr><td>Student Hourly Salaries</td><td></td><td>0.25</td><td></td><td>0.25</td><td>0.50</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>New GTA/Lect-Inst Support</td><td>0.25</td><td></td><td>0.20</td><td>0.25</td><td>0.30</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>GRA tuition/GTA GHI</td><td>0.75</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.25</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Classroom Improvement</td><td>0.50</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.50</td></tr><tr><td>Program Support</td><td>0.15</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.20</td><td>0.25</td><td>0.60</td></tr><tr><td>Instructional Support/Reserve</td><td>0.17</td><td>(0.17)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.00</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>8.60</td><td>8.60</td><td>8.60</td><td>8.60</td><td>8.60</td><td>43.00</td></tr></tbody></table>
*Figures are in millions of dollars. Parentheses indicate negative numbers.
Source: Office of the Provost
the necessary improvements unless I pay more money."
Shulenburger said the proposal also fixed two problems.
For one, he said the Lawrence campus lost money paying for programs at the Edwards Campus. In the proposal, Edwards Campus students would pay a $30 per credit hour surcharge to cover the loss.
dents needed more funding for equipment. The University proposed a $15 per credit hour equipment fee for architecture students.
All six of the state's public universities proposed tuition increases to the Board of Regents. If the board approves the proposals, all increases will be implemented in Fall 2003.
Shulenburger also said architecture stu — Edited by Ehren Meditz