Monday, March 9,1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
Late tuition to lighten wallets not schedules
Penalty changes begin fall semester
By Gerry Doyle
gdoyle@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
- Students with late tuition payments no longer will face the immediate specter of disenrollment - for a fee.
Beginning this fall, students who pay their tuition late will face a $100 penalty, instead of forfeiting enrollment in all of their classes. Tuition will be due on Aug. 13. Students who pay their fees after the deadline, but before Sept. 8 will be required to pay the fine. Those who still have not paid on Sept. 8 will be disenrolled from their classes.
The decision to change the policy originated in the provost's office. The old policy called for disenrollment of students who paid their tuition late.
The change occurred because about two-thirds of students who paid their tuition late were reenrolling, said associate provost Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett. Calls from students and parents with stories of lost bills, financial problems or lost federal aid and the fact that most of the people removed from the University's rolls were signing up for classes again prompted the change, McCluskey-Fawcett said.
The move not only will make tuition payment less stressful for students, it also will streamline the administrative processes, she said. "During any given year, two-thirds of the students we drop are intending to come back," she said. "People were irritated with the dropped enrollment; students would be hounding professors for closed class openers. It caused more trouble. The new system is more the way the real world works."
McCluskey-Fawcett said the policy would be in place for at least two semesters.
The late enrollment process often is a considerable hassle to both the University and the student, said Brenda Selman, associate registrar.
About 1,200 students each semester have their enrollments dropped, Selman said. With 80 of those tryhave their enrollments canceled!
■ NEW POLICY: Beginning this fall,
students will have three weeks
past the due date to pay their
enrollment, with a $100 late
charge.
PAYMENT POLICY
OLD POLICY: Students who fail to pay their tuition by its due date have their enrollments cancelled
WHOM IT WILL AFFECT: Students enrolled at the University who, for any reason, are unable to pay their tuition on time – about 1,200 people each semester.
ing to re-enroll in the University, lines for late enrollment become that much longer, she said.
The policy change basically reflected a response to student and University inconveniences and headaches, she said.
"Most of the students don't mean to not pay," she said. "It can be traumatic for them. There was a lot of energy tied up in getting into classes rather than starting school. The whole reason to pay on time is to know who's coming back."
Assistant vice-chancellor Martha Ruel said although some students might be upset with the solution, the whole plan was in their best interest. The addition of a late payment was preferable to continuing the status quo. Ruel said.
"It resulted in a lot of students being upset, parents being upset," she said. "You always hate to put up any kind of fees, but there is a certain expectation to get tuition in on time."
Wamego junior Cate Pugh said a $100 fee would be far more preferable to having enrollment dropped. Pugh said her enrollment was dropped after she spent the summer in Mexico and her bill was lost.
After spending two days trying to scrape together a full-time schedule, she finally was successful, but the new policy sounded a lot better than what she went through.
"I got to school and found out I had been dropped," she said. "I went around begging to teachers, and they mostly laughed at me. I ended up taking classes at odd times. I got around it. But given the state I was in, I would much rather pay 100 bucks. It's such a hassle."
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