Thursday, February 3, 2005
As many students know, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proposing a differential tuition plan for the 2005-2006 school year. According to the CLAS Web site, the tuition increase would go to fund campus construction, need-based financial aid, and other capital improvement programs.
The tuition increase would be $30 per credit hour spread over three years with $10 per credit hour the first, $20 the second, and the full $30 the third.
Doing the math, that comes to $450 extra per semester that the average student will pay after the program is in its third year.
This is a major increase for students, whether they are CLAS students or not. Students need to pay attention to this or it will be changed right under their noses.
As a business student, I have personally seen the increase in my tuition after the School of Business, as well as four other KU schools, enacted differential tuition programs last year. The School of Business’ differential tuition is $75 per credit hour.
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The School of Business used its tuition increase money to improve the school. Specifically, it added four new majors and hired new teachers with the added funds.
CLAS plans on spending the money most arguably to renovate our favorite building on campus: Wescoe Hall.
Many students hopefully know at least that much, although I, for one, didn’t. I know that I’m certainly not the first, or the last, to write an article on the differential tuition proposal.
What I will say, though, is that many students are not adequately informed about the proposal or are just apathetic.
Why though? Students will be spending thousands of dollars each over their college careers.
Maybe it’s because they’re graduating, maybe because their parents pay their tuition, maybe because they don’t think anyone cares about their opinion.
The fact is, all students should care about this tuition hike and should be informed. They should then voice their opinion to administrators, whether positive or negative. Every student is forced to take at least some College of Liberal Arts and Sciences classes at some point.
Administrators, especially Kim Wilcox, dean of liberal arts and sciences, will not know how students really feel about the increase unless they voice their opinion.
I watched a Channel 6 news clip online about the proposal and Wilcox was interviewed.
There were no more than fifteen students there.
Out of an undergraduate populace of 20,000, this is pathetic.
I’m going to admit, I wasn’t there. Of course, they’re going to continue with this proposal, because there has been no serious outcry from students.
Students continue to be given opportunities to voice their opinion about differential tuition and make changes to the proposal.
Today Wilcox will be talking about differential tuition and fielding student questions at 7 p.m. at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union. The event is called “Talk Green with the Dean.”
I’ll be there because I am not going to make the same mistake I made a couple of months ago.
Student input is the only way anything will get changed. Either way, it is a couple hours of your time.
You’ll still be able to go get schooners at Louise’s or hit up The Ranch.
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