/ GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Wide range of options available for new graduates
BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com
As some seniors are preparing for jobs and planning their lives after school, some students are experiencing a different scenario: the end of college.
er. One opportunity that enables students to make that happen is through Teach for America. Teach For America is a program that allows recent college graduates to teach in public schools in low-income communities. The assignment lasts for two years.
Four vea degree kno
a way to prolong having to find a job, but rather look at it as a way to find new opportunities and new ways for students to use their passions. She said a lot of politicians who now work in Congress were in the program and are now fighting for education rights.
Wiechman spent his two years in Saint Lucia doing community development. He helped a farmers' cooperative develop a grant proposal to get funding for a composting project from the United Nations and also taught reading and music at a school.
1.
The Peace Corps was an attract- tion for Wjechman because
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
PAGE 6
TUITION
Professional school fees can add up
BY SHUANA BLACKMON
sbcklon@kansan.com
In addition to already expensive tuition, once in a professional school each student pays an additional fee per credit hour that goes directly to that school.
Each program charges a different amount based on needed supplies and programs available to students, such as scholarships and technology available for student use.
Most schools charge approximately $20 or $30 per credit hour. Excluding the two most expensive schools, the School of Business and the School of Law, if you take nine credit hours in a professional school, that can add up to an average of more than $300, according to KU websites.
Most schools include student input to the use of funds, however not all schools have a formalized process where students give ongoing
budget input, and many students don't know where these fees go.
All of the money collected by course fees stays within the specific school and are supposed to go directly to the students in some way.
Different schools have different needs, but many of the expenditures are similar. Most professional schools use allocations such as scholarships, tech support, facility maintenance and other student services.
Since 2003, the University as a whole has collected $76.3 million through course fees. The past few years every school has increased their fees by 6 percent while overall tuition rose by approximately 7 percent, according to the University Differential Tuition Report from 2011, from the Office of the Provost's website.
Check out the map on Kansan.com and find your school to see exactly where your money is going.
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
$38 per hour
Total revenue 672,002
Total payroll 160,456
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
COST BY PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
$20 per hour
Total revenue $207,659.56
Total payroll expense $67,819.32
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
$20 per hour
Total revenue $953,508
Total payroll expense $294,968
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
$41 per hour
Total revenue $1,397,324
Total payroll expense $421,555
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
$20 per hour
Total revenue $462,831.94
Total payroll expense
$367,478.37
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
$17 per hour
Total revenue $209,183.51
Total payroll expense $68,909.37
SCHOOL OF LAW
SCHOOL OF LAW
$212 per hour
Total revenue $2,959,131
Total payroll expense
$1,544,515.08
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
$20 per hour
Total revenue $217,735
Total payroll expense $123,453
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
$102 per hour
Total revenue $7,150,359
Total payroll expense
$5,690,699
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
$158 per hour
Total revenue $2,224,721
Total payroll expense $2,017,755
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WELFARE
$28 per hour
Total revenue $357,412
Total payroll expense $335,729