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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009
UNIVERSITY
Board of Regents to determine tuition rates
BY JUSTIN HILLEY jhilley@kansan.com
The Kansas Board of Regents will determine the future of the University's four-year tuition freeze compact when it meets Thursday morning to vote on the University's 2009-2010 tuition proposal.
A final decision on the tuition rates for each state university will be made at the meeting.
Kip Peterson, director of government relations and communications for the Regents, said the University's proposal preserved the tuition compact for another year.
The proposal recommends a 4 percent tuition increase for seniors,
graduate and transfer students. In addition, the plan promises no increase for students on the first and second years of the four-year tuition compact and a 6 percent increase to the compact rate for entering freshmen.
In March, the Regents proposed to Governor Kathleen Sebelius a one-year state university tuition freeze for Kansas residents, contingent on legislative adoption of the Governor's 7 percent cut on higher education. But, a decline in the April state revenue forecast caused an additional 3 percent reduction, forcing the Regents to abandon its proposed tuition freeze.
In response to budget cuts, each state university submitted a tuition proposal.
Danny Anderson, vice provost for academic affairs and interim provost, said he would attend the Regents meeting with Chancellor Hemenway to answer any questions the Regents had.
If the proposal is approved, a fouryear tuition freeze compact will be available for freshmen in the fall. Anderson said that the Regents supported the compact, but that if the financial model did not allow the University to guarantee the compact, the University would have to reconsider.
"If the Board of Regents were to decide that they wanted to lower tuition below what we have requested, we will do everything we can to keep the compact alive. It depends on the
numbers in terms of, 'Can we promise a tuition rate for four years if we can't afford that rate?' Anderson said.
Stephanie Bell, Leawood senior, said she thought the University should keep tuition as low as possible for all students, even if it meant no four-year tuition freeze for incoming freshmen.
"I understand that KU needs to be competitive, however, I don't think I signed up for college knowing that my tuition was going to increase every year," Bell said. "It is KU's ultimate responsibility to take care of the students that they already have, not the ones that they want to get."
Anderson said the University was doing its best to make education affordable during difficult financial
times.
"Right now, 40 percent of KU undergraduates will have no tuition increase next year," Anderson said. "We are looking at setting the new compact rate that would allow another 20 percent of KU students not to have any kind of a tuition increase for four years."
Of the six universities that submitted a proposal, the University is the only one that has a tuition compact. Anderson said he thought the Regents would consider that and other specific University goals, such as its position as a leading research university, in its evaluation of the proposal.
ACADEMIC SUMMER CAMPS AT KU
Edited by Steph Schneider
The University will play host to more than 30 academic camps this summer, from children's space odysseys to adult fiction writing workshops. Here's a list of what to expect the rest of the summer.
June
LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Jayhawk Debate Institute
Three-week extended policy
debate. June 21-July 11.
Contact 864-9893 or jay-
hawkdelegate@gmail.com
Jayhawk Debate Institute
Two-week policy debate. June
21-July 4.
Contact 864-9893 or jay-
hawkdebateinstitute@gmail.com.
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Geocaching (ages 8-11)
June 23. Dyche Hall.
Contact 864-4173 or dawnk@ku.edu.
- Space Odyssey (ages 8-11)
June 24, Dyche Hall.
Contact 864-4173 or dawnk@ku.edu.
- Aquatic Biology (ages 8-11)
June 25. Dyche Hall.
Contact 864-4173 or dawnk@ku.edu.
- Summer Technology Camp June 28-July 3. Burge Union. Call 1-888-709-TECH.
WRITING
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel Writers Workshop June 28-July 10. Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
- Science Fiction Writers Workshop
June 28-July 10.
Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
■ Sertoma-Schiefelbusch Communication Camp (boys and girls ages 4-12)
June 29-July 10 (No session July 3rd). Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Contact 864-4690 or jwegner@ku.edu.
- Summer Day Camp for Kids with Autism and Parents.
June 29-July 2. Midnight Farm,
2084 N. 600th Road, Douglas County.
Contact 218-9358 or campdirector@clokansas.org.
ADULT WORKSHOPS
■ Science Fiction Writers Workshop
June 28-July 10.
Contact 864-2509 or
cmckit@ku.edu.
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel Writers Workshop June 28-July 10. Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu
July LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Journey to China Chinese Language Immersion Camp (ages 4-11) July 20-24 and 27-31. Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Road, Overland Park. Contact (913) 897-8613 or ciku@ku.edu.
MATH & ENGINEERING
- Project Discovery (girls in grades 9-12)
July 12-18. Eaton Hall.
Contact 864-3620 or fboldridge@ku.edu.
KU Survivor: Engineering Outback (boys in grades 10-12) July 19-24. Eaton Hall. Contact 864-3881 or keugr8@ku.edu.
■ Midwestern Music Academy. Jazz Workshop (grades 9-12) July 12-17. Contact 864-4730 or musicacademy@ku.edu.
MUSIC
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Summer Technology Camp
July 5-10. Burge Union.
Call 1-888-709-TECH.
- Summer Technology Camp July 12-17. Burge Union. Call 1-888-709-TECH.
WRITING
- Science Fiction and Fantasy
Novel Writers Workshop
June 28-July 10.
Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
■ Science Fiction Writers
Workshop
June 28-July 10.
Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
Campbell Conference July 9-12.
Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
- Intensive English Institute on the Teaching of Science Fiction July 13-24. Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
■ Sertoma-Schiefelbusch Communication Camp (boys and girls ages 4-12)
June 29-July 10 (No session July 3rd). Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Contact 864-4690 or jwegner@ku.edu.
- Summer Day Camp for Kids with Autism and Parents.
June 29-July 2. Midnight Farm, 2084 N. 600th Road, Douglas County.
Contact 218-9358 or campdirector@clokansas.org.
■ Summer Day Camp for Kids with Autism and Parents.
July 7-10. Midnight Farm, 2084
N. 600th Road, Douglas County.
Contact 218-9358 or campdirector@clokansas.org.
Duke Talent Identification Program June 14-July 4. Contact (919) 668-9100.
Duke Talent Identification Program July 12-Aug.1. Contact (919)668-9100.
ADULT WORKSHOPS
Science Fiction Writers Workshop June 28-July 10. Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel Writers Workshop June 28-July 10. Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
- Campbell Conference July 9-12.
Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
- Intensive English Institute on the Teaching of Science Fiction July 13-24. Contact 864-2509 or cmckit@ku.edu.
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