Projected ASU tuition, and fee hike remain
by Anna Oakes
Although University of North Carolina President Tom Ross made adjustments to some campuses' tuition and fee increase proposals in his own recommendations to the system's Board of Governors this week, Appalachian State University's proposed increases remain relatively the same.
In a memo to Board of Governors members Tuesday, Ross repeated an earlier recommendation that combined increases in tuition and required fees for in-state undergraduates be less than 10 percent on each campus.
ASU's board of trustees proposed a 9.3 percent combined tuition and fee increase — an additional $506.26 for in-state undergraduates next year.
Ross did not adjust ASU's proposal but did rein in recommended increases from seven UNC system campuses: N.C. State, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, UNC School of the Arts and Winston-Salem State University.
“The guiding principle I followed in developing these recommendations was quite simple: balance our commitment to maintain the quality of education we offer with our constitutional and moral obligation to provide affordable access to the university — particularly for North Carolina students,” Ross said in the memo.
The BOG must approve any tuition and fee increases at UNC campuses and will consider Ross' recommendations at its Feb. 10 meeting.
At ASU, a proposed $389.26 tuition increase would apply across the board to both in-state (a 12.3 percent increase) and out-of-state (2.6 percent increase) students.
The tuition hike is double the amount of the current year's increase, and if enacted, tuition for an in-state undergraduate student will be $3,542 next year.
Tuition at ASU has increased every year since 2007-08.
Generally, the UNC system maintains a 6.5 percent cap for increases of tuition and general fees from year to year, but UNC allowed one-time increases above the cap to bring universities in line with peer institutions.
Before Ross finalized his recommendations, ASU Chancellor Ken Peacock lowered selected proposed fee increases approved by the ASU board of trustees in December.
Peacock lowered the athletics fee increase by $15 and the health services fee increase by $4. This followed a recommendation from UNC that general fee increases be lowered to 6.5 percent.
In a memo to Board of Governors members Tuesday, Ross repeated an earlier recommendation that combined increases in tuition and required fees for in-state undergraduates be less than 10 percent on each campus.
ASU's board of trustees proposed a 9.3 percent combined tuition and fee increase — an additional $506.26 for in-state undergraduates next year.
Ross did not adjust ASU's proposal but did rein in recommended increases from seven UNC system campuses: N.C. State, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, UNC School of the Arts and Winston-Salem State University.
“The guiding principle I followed in developing these recommendations was quite simple: balance our commitment to maintain the quality of education we offer with our constitutional and moral obligation to provide affordable access to the university — particularly for North Carolina students,” Ross said in the memo.
The BOG must approve any tuition and fee increases at UNC campuses and will consider Ross' recommendations at its Feb. 10 meeting.
At ASU, a proposed $389.26 tuition increase would apply across the board to both in-state (a 12.3 percent increase) and out-of-state (2.6 percent increase) students.
The tuition hike is double the amount of the current year's increase, and if enacted, tuition for an in-state undergraduate student will be $3,542 next year.
Tuition at ASU has increased every year since 2007-08.
Generally, the UNC system maintains a 6.5 percent cap for increases of tuition and general fees from year to year, but UNC allowed one-time increases above the cap to bring universities in line with peer institutions.
Before Ross finalized his recommendations, ASU Chancellor Ken Peacock lowered selected proposed fee increases approved by the ASU board of trustees in December.
Peacock lowered the athletics fee increase by $15 and the health services fee increase by $4. This followed a recommendation from UNC that general fee increases be lowered to 6.5 percent.