Is it the rule that it has to be one male and one female?
Both of these groups are calling for more spending (though they say it won't cost anything) instead of focusing on getting more bang from the buck and reducing spending.
If it costs X amount of dollars to finance the campus and that X amount is generated by tuition payments. What happens when you get your way and they reduce the requirements for a degree? The fewer credit hours means higher cost per credit hour to maintain X amount of dollars.
I also understand the viewpoint of those that chose "No, they just dress up and play Congress." I think there is an underlying problem in that some within senate itself don't care about Student Senate. At least in the years I have witnessed. I feel like the rewards (such as unchecked remuneration for exec board and resume boosting positions) outweigh some senators concerns for actually making a mark. "Student Body President" looks great on a resume, regardless of whether or not you're even worthy of the title "Student Body President." Sounds like a topic for an inspirational speaking engagement to me.
And Calvin, I agree with your description. I assume your description follows this equation: X = Ey (Where X = cost to finance campus per year, E = enrollment total per year, y = tuition per student)
If you lower the number of credit hours to graduate, nothing in that causes E to decrease. If you have 30,000 for E and lets say it takes 3 years to get a degree, as long as you have 30,000 for E, it doesn't matter if they're here for 1 year or 6 years, you still have the same amount of money generated each year. Regardless of how long they are here because E hasn't changed. For every 5,000 people that graduate a year early, you still have at least 5,000 new freshman coming in the next year to make up for the difference caused by people graduating.
If the University wants to increase revenue, they'll (which they are in the process of constructing) make the University a more accessible place with better retention, without sacrificing academic integrity. That causes E to go up because you'll have less dropping out or transferring.
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Do you care about Student Senate?
Let's talk about the $10,000 they tried to give to a guest speaker who's subject was "volunteering".
Do you care about Student Senate?
Let's talk about the millions of dollars they are responsible for appropriating. Maybe people should take it a little more seriously.
Do you care about Student Senate?
Is it the rule that it has to be one male and one female? Both of these groups are calling for more spending (though they say it won't cost anything) instead of focusing on getting more bang from the buck and reducing spending. If it costs X amount of dollars to finance the campus and that X amount is generated by tuition payments. What happens when you get your way and they reduce the requirements for a degree? The fewer credit hours means higher cost per credit hour to maintain X amount of dollars.
Do you care about Student Senate?
I agree KUstudent2011.
I also understand the viewpoint of those that chose "No, they just dress up and play Congress." I think there is an underlying problem in that some within senate itself don't care about Student Senate. At least in the years I have witnessed. I feel like the rewards (such as unchecked remuneration for exec board and resume boosting positions) outweigh some senators concerns for actually making a mark. "Student Body President" looks great on a resume, regardless of whether or not you're even worthy of the title "Student Body President." Sounds like a topic for an inspirational speaking engagement to me.
And Calvin, I agree with your description. I assume your description follows this equation: X = Ey (Where X = cost to finance campus per year, E = enrollment total per year, y = tuition per student)
If you lower the number of credit hours to graduate, nothing in that causes E to decrease. If you have 30,000 for E and lets say it takes 3 years to get a degree, as long as you have 30,000 for E, it doesn't matter if they're here for 1 year or 6 years, you still have the same amount of money generated each year. Regardless of how long they are here because E hasn't changed. For every 5,000 people that graduate a year early, you still have at least 5,000 new freshman coming in the next year to make up for the difference caused by people graduating.
If the University wants to increase revenue, they'll (which they are in the process of constructing) make the University a more accessible place with better retention, without sacrificing academic integrity. That causes E to go up because you'll have less dropping out or transferring.
Do you care about Student Senate?
Better explanation. As X rises, either y or E has to to make up the difference. You don't have to increase y if you can increase E.
Do you care about Student Senate?
Anyone answering yes is lying.
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