University Daily Kansan / Wednesday. January 16, 1991
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Board of Regents approves $15 fee despite engineering students' vote
By Benjamin W. Allen
Kansan staff writer
Despite an opposing vote by KU engineering students, the Board of Regents approved a $15-per-credit-hour fee on Dec. 20.
The Regents voted 6 to 3 in favor of the fee, which will provide the School of Engineering with revenue to purchase and maintain technical equipment. It will be implemented next fall.
In a prepared statement, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said, "We recognize the general student and faculty opposition to the form of relief being proposed, and we agree philosophically with the opposition."
Budig also said in the statement that the University recognizes the urgent equipment needs of the school as well as those of other schools in the University but that immediate relief from the state does not appear likely. The University cannot afford to wait any longer for solutions to these problems, he said.
The fee would generate $440,000 annually for the school and would cost each engineering student an annual fee of $1,100 during his college career
Carl Locke, dean of engineering,
said he was pleased with the outcome
of his project.
"In my opinion, there was no other way to get a substantial influx of students from abroad."
He said the coming budget crunch at the state level would make it extremely unlikely that the Legislature would allocate the money needed to meet the school's equipment needs.
Locke said he would rely on the presidents of student organizations within the school to provide him with information on how the money should be spent.
Mike Schreiner, student body president, said Student Senate was against any differential tuition system.
"This is a short-term, Band-Aid solution," he said. "In a public institution a person should decide their major on talent, educational aspirations or career aspirations — not on cost."
Dave Shulenburger, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the reason for the problem could be seen by looking at the amount of money KU spent on equipment by comparison to its peer institutions.
Shulenburger said KU was funded overall at 84 percent of the average of its five peer institutions, but funding is limited and which includes equipment needs, was
64 percent of the peer institutions average.
Locke said approximately one-third of the revenue generated by the fee would be retained by the school itself, and the rest would be distributed to individual departments based on student enrollment.
Money controlled by the school itself would be used to upgrade the computer and instructional labs on a schoolwide level, Locke said. Allocation of the money within departments would help chairpersons of those departments.
He said that although there had been a general decline recently in engineering enrollment across the country, he did not significantly alter enrollment.
Vince Calhoun, Kansas City, Mo., senior and engineering student senator, said he was upset about the new fee.
"I think these schools will soon have special fees." Calburn said. "This is a precedent. There are other schools talking about special fees."
Calhoun said he was concerned that the fee would discourage financially-strained students from enrolling in the School of Engineering.
"It's wrong, even if only two or three people don't get in engineering," he said about the additional costs.
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