Tuition fees for Academics

[Just1More]

I thought I heard somewhere that the BOR was going to allow the universities to have more control over how much they charge for tuition? Ami I way off base here?

That was proposed by a state legislator but who knows if it will even make it to the floor for a vote. I think that is what you read.

[CajunAmos]

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)

Actually, this was changed in the last half month or so. Now your athletic budget doesn't decrease with student assessed fees for athletics, it adds to it.

[CajunRebel]

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.

The student loan crisis arises because the government makes it easy for nearly anyone to get student loans regardless of their ability to pay it back. And unlike most other debts you can't declare bankruptcy and get student loan debt reduced or wiped out.

It's also one of the major reasons why colleges can get away with raising tuition at double the rate of inflation for many years now. There's just too much "free" money out there.

But in Louisiana it's really a different story. College tuition in this state is ridiculously cheap compared to the rest of the nation. UL tuition is way cheaper than it should be. I'm not saying we need to raise it to an unreasonable amount. But when a university has to switch to 4 days a weeks because it can't pay a 5 day a week electricity bill it's time to start raising tuition.

[CajunRebel]

Is TOPS killing this state?

No, but it does come with some unintended consequences.

[CajunDreDog]

No, but it does come with some unintended consequences.

Ironically, tonight on WBRZ news in Baton Rouge they are doing a story on TOPS in the state of LA.
http://www.wbrz.com/videos/the-tops-...tonight-at-10/

[Germdawg2004]

Actually, this was changed in the last half month or so. Now your athletic budget doesn't decrease with student assessed fees for athletics, it adds to it.

Yes I know that's why I posted the link where the BoR changed that only student self assessed fees do not affect general transfer if the admin impose an athletic fee then it will decrease the general transfer, like the one in the original article. Get the difference?

[Just1More]

The student loan crisis arises because the government makes it easy for nearly anyone to get student loans regardless of their ability to pay it back. And unlike most other debts you can't declare bankruptcy and get student loan debt reduced or wiped out.

It's also one of the major reasons why colleges can get away with raising tuition at double the rate of inflation for many years now. There's just too much "free" money out there.

But in Louisiana it's really a different story. College tuition in this state is ridiculously cheap compared to the rest of the nation. UL tuition is way cheaper than it should be. I'm not saying we need to raise it to an unreasonable amount. But when a university has to switch to 4 days a weeks because it can't pay a 5 day a week electricity bill it's time to start raising tuition.

Absolutely correct.

[Lafman]

Almost impossible.

This seems like an end around to not allow athletic fees.

As they shouldn't. People whine about how low scores are for USA students compared to the rest of the world. Why tack on an additional fee for students and parents when 99% of the students attend college for what is purpose is, to attain a degree. not play sports. Perhaps a fee for student athletes should be considered, but then again, most of them are on scholarship trying to attain a degree in basketweaving......

[LFTCajun]

As they shouldn't. People whine about how low scores are for USA students compared to the rest of the world. Why tack on an additional fee for students and parents when 99% of the students attend college for what is purpose is, to attain a degree. not play sports. Perhaps a fee for student athletes should be considered, but then again, most of them are on scholarship trying to attain a degree in basketweaving......

Don't have the stats in front of me, but the assessment of student fees towards athletics would finally place us in the majority of other peer institutions. Not to mention that tuition here is already far more affordable than elsewhere, especially considering the bang for the buck.

[Turbine]

As they shouldn't. People whine about how low scores are for USA students compared to the rest of the world. Why tack on an additional fee for students and parents when 99% of the students attend college for what is purpose is, to attain a degree. not play sports. Perhaps a fee for student athletes should be considered, but then again, most of them are on scholarship trying to attain a degree in basketweaving......

It may be called an athletic fee but in reality it is a degree marketing fee.