Tuition fees for Academics

[Hammer58]

Farmer said today that they are looking at student fees for athletics and Dr S could have something to bring to the UL board as soon as their next meeting.

Again, I ask why didn't we do that at the same meeting that Tech asked for approval for its student fees? Now we have to wait for the next meeting of the Board. When will that be?

[SlappyCajun]

Farmer said today that they are looking at student fees for athletics and Dr S could have something to bring to the UL board as soon as their next meeting.

Where did Farmer say that?

[MelRock]

Where did Farmer say that?

At the diamond club luncheon. I believe he also mentioned that the next meeting was some time in the next month. Hopefully it will be in place for the fall.

[USL1970]

This is really bad news for students, and hope that it does not pass. Tuition for students is already escalating. This would put a double whammy on them.

Educators and politicians have really created sort of a shell game with trying to raise "tuition to the southern or peer average."

If you are in the bottom half (like Louisiana), everytime you raise tuition, then the average becomes "higher," and when everyone else raises tuition above you, then the "average" becomes that much higher. It becomes a never ending chase for the "average" with tuition skyrocketing.

It is trulty a shell game of statistics and mathematics that in not good for the students.

However, we must remember that with "one foot in a fire pit, and the other in a bucket of ice," on the average we feel just fine.

[ULGrad@HOU]

This is really bad news for students, and hope that it does not pass. Tuition for students is already escalating. This would put a double whammy on them.

Educators and politicians have really created sort of a shell game with trying to raise "tuition to the southern or peer average."

If you are in the bottom half (like Louisiana), everytime you raise tuition, then the average becomes "higher," and when everyone else raises tuition above you, then the "average" becomes that much higher. It becomes a never ending chase for the "average" with tuition skyrocketing.

It is trulty a shell game of statistics and mathematics that in not good for the students.

However, we must remember that with "one foot in a fire pit, and the other in a bucket of ice," on the average we feel just fine.

Listen, people have got to get over this education for cheap mindset. UL's tuition is not high, in fact it is insanely low. It's not just about averages, it's about funds to run a University and UL is strapped for funding in academics and athletics. You need to check other Sun Belt schools for their tuition (not ULM) and you will find, UL needs a price increase.

[USL1970]

UL may need a price increase, but the system is now setup to cause tuition to escalate too fast, and college in the not to distance future will be beyond the means of many.

Have you not heard about the student loan crisis in America?

We need to manage our educational dollars much better and raise more funds for our endowments to supplement our total expenses for both athletics and academics.

[CRAWFISH61]

TOPS is a major culprit. Raising tuition passes cost to the LA taxpayer. This means the legislator and governor dread raising tuition because it cost the state so much. This is why the want to use fees. Fees are not covered by TOPS. It will allow funds to be raised without raising the cost to the state budget. My oldest is a junior. I have paid her last tuition to Tuerlings. I just hope fees ect don't equal that little chunk of change. I was hoping to finally buy a HDTV and get rid of the 32" Sony that won't die.

[CajunDreDog]

Is TOPS killing this state?

[Hammer58]

Listen, people have got to get over this education for cheap mindset. UL's tuition is not high, in fact it is insanely low. It's not just about averages, it's about funds to run a University and UL is strapped for funding in academics and athletics. You need to check other Sun Belt schools for their tuition (not ULM) and you will find, UL needs a price increase.

Forget checking other SunBelt schools, check out our tuition compared to other schools in this state. Considering our academic standing and programs offered there is no reason we should be charging less than anyone other than LSUA&MC.

[Germdawg2004]

Louisiana's full-time college students could be on the hook to pay an additional $300 or more per semester in new fees over the next three years, according to a plan State Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell floated to a state Senate panel on Monday.

The proposed "stabilization" fee of up to $25 per credit hour is intended to partially offset more than $100 million in state funding cuts higher education has absorbed since the beginning of last year, Purcell said. The fees would be separate from tuition.


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Just an FYI the fee's Purcell is talking about are not the same as the student fees that could be used for athletics; the Board of Regents has ruled only Student Self Assessed fees could be used without reducing the general transfer (http://www.regents.doa.louisiana.gov..._2012_0425.pdf)

The fee has to be purposed by the students, approved by the boards, then voted in by the students; the admin can't just add it... This would help the Cajuns more than anyone else, if you can get the students behind it (see ULM's recent failures)