Thursday, October 15. 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
KU tuition increase is below average
By Melody Ard
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas students are paying more for their college education this year than last, but recently released statistics show the increase is less than the national average.
The average total increase in tuition and fees for the academic year was $85 for residents and $228 for non-residents taking 15 hours each semester.
The Associated Press reported last week that the average increase of in-state tuition at a public four-year university was $132, and the average tuition and fees were $3.243.
KU tuition and fees for undergraduates taking 15 hours of classes this semester were $2,470 for residents and $8,918 for nonresidents, according to the University of Kansas Profiles book distributed by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. An exact KU tuition amount was not available because the University figures tuition based on credit hour rather than a flat rate.
The University Profiles estimates the amount of tuition by using 15 hours per semester as an average and multiplying that by the cost per credit hour.
The cost per credit hour increased $2.55 to $68.05 for residents and $7.35 to $283 for non-
n residents. Fees increased $8 to $428 for the year.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said that the Board of Regents established the tuition and fees cost for all of the Kansas Regents' schools.
"The Board of Regents has done a good job of keeping the cost of tuition down," he said. "We have to pay the electric bill and the faculty's salaries, but this University provides an accessible and high-quality education."
Hemenway said the Legislature had revised its thinking and was giving more state support to schools. As a result, he said the schools were able to slow the increases.
Geri Cohen, Queens, N.Y., junior, said she questioned the need for any increase in tuition and fees, regardless of the fact that other schools' costs were increasing.
She said one aspect of the increase that bothered her was the fact that she didn't notice any change in available services.
"If they increase tuition, then they should increase the facilities on campus that we have access to," she said.
The largest increase in the past two
Tuition increase
Tuition and fees have increased steadily during the past five years. These numbers are for undergraduate students.
Source: ComprehensiveFee Schedule, Kristi Elliott / KANSAN
Kansas Board of Regents
decades came between the 1992 and 1996 academic years when resident tuition rose more than $100 each year and nonresident tuition rose between $400 and $850 annually.
Fair offers advice for underclassmen
Greek honor society gives peer advising helps with enrollment
By Sarah Hale
Kansan staff writer
In an attempt to give underclassmen a student's perspective on the advising process, members of Gamma Sigma Alpha honor society will hold a fair tonight to point freshmen and sophomores in the right direction.
help.
The peer advising fair will take place from 7 to 9 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. The fair also was held Monday.
Gamma Sigma Alpha is a junior senior Greek honor society, but the fair is open to all University students. More than 75 students went to the fair Monday for advising
In its first year, the fair was designed to help students with their majors by meeting with other students.
"Since we're an honors society, we really wanted to help people in an academic setting, that's the main idea," said Kelly Thompson, Gamma Sigma Alpha vice president. "We thought that fellow students could serve as good resources. Not only do they have experience, but they know how to read the timetable and catalog."
More than 25 peer advisers from University of Kansas schools, such as journalism, engineering, fine arts, business and others, went through an advising training session.
Thompson said that the office of New Student Orientation and the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center gave the peer advisers tips, such as how to read the timetable
PEER ADVISING FAIR
7 to 9 p.m. at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union
Students that attended the peer advising fair said they thought that listening to fellow students speak about their experiences was helpful in trying to establish a spring 1999 schedule and a four-year plan.
and what the correct sequence to take classes was.
"I think it's good to get a student's point of view rather than just an adviser," said Katie Holman, Prairie Village freshman. "Someone in my own major can tell me where they messed up and point me in the right direction. Hopefully, I can avoid similar mistakes."
Although the peer advisers, which are juniors and seniors, were able to help give ideas, fresh
men and sophomores also need to meet with their assigned advisers, said David Goodsell, associate director at the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center.
If a freshman or sophomore has not received a letter explaining the advising period, freshmen need to call the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center and sophomores need to call the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Services.
Thompson said that Gamma Sigma Alpha members hoped to continue the peer advising fair each fall and maybe in the spring semesters.
Drew Thompson, Wichita freshman, said he appreciated the experience.
"I think the setup worked well," he said. "It was easily accessible, and it's nice to talk with a student. A lot of times a random adviser won't have all the answers."
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KU Freshmen can complete the survey by:
(www.ukans.edu/home/survey).
- Answering six multiple-choice questions on computing at KU.
- Completing this task by Sunday, November 1.
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