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7-PERCENT TUITION RAISE ON THE TABLE
Source: The Daily
Author: Meghan Erkkinen
Date: May 18, 2006
The UW Board of Regents will be discussing tuition increases, including a 7-percent increase in undergraduate tuition, at its meeting today.
In-state undergraduate tuition is $5,100 per year. A 7-percent increase would raise tuition by $357.
The 7-percent increase is the highest permitted by the State Legislature for the 2006-07 school year.
Increasing tuition by the maximum amount would significantly impact students who don't have much money, Student Regent Will Rasmussen said in an e-mail.
"I want to listen to the administration and understand why they think these rates are the best option for [the] UW," Rasmussen said.
Improving the UW's faculty pay and retention is one reason why it is necessary to raise tuition, UW President Mark Emmert said.
"We have been trying very aggressively to increase faculty and staff pay ... and total number of faculty at the University," Emmert said.
Inflation of operation costs also led the budget committee to request the increase, he said.
"This points to why we want the legislature to maintain control over tuition," ASUW President Lee Dunbar said. He noted that the Board usually requests the highest increase allowed by the Legislature.
"We're losing a little bit of accessibility with each increase," he said.
The committee is also recommending a 7-percent increase for most graduate programs. For the MBA program, the committee is asking for a 17.1 percent increase to accommodate improvements. This increase would only affect incoming students.
With graduate programs, tuition is largely locally controlled rather than by the Legislature, allowing them to request greater tuition increases. The Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) supports returning tuition-setting authority to the legislature, said GPSS President Adam Grupp.
An official vote on the proposed tuition increases will be taken in early June.
For more information about today's meeting or to view the proposal, visit http://www.washington.edu/regents']www.washington.edu/regents.
In-state undergraduate tuition is $5,100 per year. A 7-percent increase would raise tuition by $357.
The 7-percent increase is the highest permitted by the State Legislature for the 2006-07 school year.
Increasing tuition by the maximum amount would significantly impact students who don't have much money, Student Regent Will Rasmussen said in an e-mail.
"I want to listen to the administration and understand why they think these rates are the best option for [the] UW," Rasmussen said.
Improving the UW's faculty pay and retention is one reason why it is necessary to raise tuition, UW President Mark Emmert said.
"We have been trying very aggressively to increase faculty and staff pay ... and total number of faculty at the University," Emmert said.
Inflation of operation costs also led the budget committee to request the increase, he said.
"This points to why we want the legislature to maintain control over tuition," ASUW President Lee Dunbar said. He noted that the Board usually requests the highest increase allowed by the Legislature.
"We're losing a little bit of accessibility with each increase," he said.
The committee is also recommending a 7-percent increase for most graduate programs. For the MBA program, the committee is asking for a 17.1 percent increase to accommodate improvements. This increase would only affect incoming students.
With graduate programs, tuition is largely locally controlled rather than by the Legislature, allowing them to request greater tuition increases. The Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) supports returning tuition-setting authority to the legislature, said GPSS President Adam Grupp.
An official vote on the proposed tuition increases will be taken in early June.
For more information about today's meeting or to view the proposal, visit http://www.washington.edu/regents']www.washington.edu/regents.