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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 20, 1989
Extra charges would finance modernization
Iowa State
900,000 yr.
University of Oklahoma* 250,000 yr.
By Beth Behrens Kansan staff writer
University of Missouri 800,000 yr.
$10 University of Kansas $300,000 yr.
Per Engineering credit hour
A required fee for engineering students proposed last year by the schools of engineering at the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and Wichita State University never received the Board of Regents approval, but the schools have not given up.
Per semester
("Experimental fee; only this year)
Proposed (Per Engineering credit hour)
*Experimental fee for this year only.
Two of the concerns were possible Legislative reappropriations of finances for the University and the possibility of requests to add special fees to tuition.
Hauke said a proliferation of extra fees in the early 1880s, for such financial needs as libraries and computers, caused the Legislature to suggest that the Regents remove the policy for extensive use of extra fees.
The proposal called for a $10-per-credit-hour fee for all engineering equipment, and should be particularly for upgrading and maintenance of equipment, he said.
Locke said he respected the Regents concerns, but said the school had a legitimate need for generating more money.
A committee, which will be part of an overall study of tuition and fee policy, was created by the Regents to address the proposal. The committee represents from each of the Regents schools.
Possible reappropriations
Schools are reviewed every three to six years for accreditation, he said. Standards for the reviews are set by the Accreditation Board of Education and Technology. He said the board was up to representation from the schools.
Ray Hauke, director of planning and budget, said the issue was tabled last year because of concerns brought up by the Regents.
The situation with respect to that
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"It is not dead," said Carl Locke, dean of engineering at KU. "The deans of engineering are still discussing that with their respective administrations. I hope that we will have a reproposal. It's not clear if that's what will happen, but I'm hoping so."
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Locke said faculty set the monetary need for the school at $300,000 each year, but the school only between $40,000 and $50,000 each year.
He said the $10-per-credit-hour charge for engineering classes would generate $300,000, costing each student in the school somewhere between $350 and $700 by the time the student graduated.
"Our needs are no different than other engineering departments, colleges and universities all around the country." Locke said.
Locke said that although the school did well in its Fall 1988 review, comments were made about maintaining and upgrading equipment. He said the occasional grants given to the departments were not enough.
He said the school was in danger of having low-grade facilities if a substantial increase in its finances was not appropriated.
fee is really one of quality," Locke said. "We are required to provide substantive laboratory experiments and integration of computers into the curriculum.
"When students go around looking at who has what facilities, (students will) go up to or Iowa or Iowa State and say, 'My goodness, look at all the nice
computer facilities and equipment they've got there," " he said. "They say that's going to cost them $100 more a semester, but look what they are getting for that investment."
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"At the present time, we receive no funds at the school level. One department (computer and electrical engineering) receives about $25,000 a year for equipment. There are no budgeted funds for equipment in the School of Engineering."
John Lysen, associate dean of engineering at the University of Missouri, said a mandatory engineering fee had been in place at the school since 1981.
An $8 increase for equipment repair and replacement was added last year, Lysen said. The fee now is $23.50 for each credit hour.
Several universities, including Iowa State University and the University of Missouri, have fees assessed to engineering students.
Arvid Eide, associate dean of instruction at Iowa State, said engineering students were charged $100 each semester. He said all students taking courses that involved heavy use of computers were required to pay a $33 fee.
Engineering students, however, are covered for that cost after paying the $100 engineering fee.
Eide said the projected amount the fee would generate for the 1989-90 school year was $900,000.
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The fee started at $15.50 for each engineering credit hour and has increased at a rate of 50 cents a year. This money was used for support of computers and faculty salaries.
At the University of Oklahoma, an experimental fee of $50 was initiated this fall. Hillel Kumin, dean of engineering at Oklahoma, said students were previously charged $35.
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