Tuition, fee decisions in hands of Board
Zach Groves, Alestle News Reporter
Zach Groves, Alestle News Reporter
Issue date: 3/22/07 Section: News
If the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees gives the green light, students will see numerous tuition and fee increases on their fall 2007 bills.
Early this month the board reviewed possible increases in student tuition, which would raise from the fall 2006 rate of $4,758 to $5,227 annually for incoming freshmen, if approved. School of Pharmacy students would also pay more with an increase from $13,200 to $14,520 and the SIU School of Dental Medicine in Alton will increase from $18,150 to $19,960.
Both increases would be the result of significant increases in applications and enrollment.
The increases will help fund the renovation of main campus buildings, construction of the Student Academic Success Center and maintaining Textbook Rental.
Students would also pay more for the Student Fitness Center, Information Technology and the Morris University Center.
According to a press release, an SIUE student taking at least 15 hours will pay $236 each semester for repair work.
Facilities Management Director Bob Washburn said the buildings have lighting, heating, cooling and roof maintenance problems that need to be addressed.
"The basic buildings on campus were built in the mid-60s to the mid-70s," Washburn said. "So those buildings are coming up on about 50 years. We are having power issues, both the quality and the quantity."
The buildings are not meeting current safety codes and most are not earthquake-resistant, Washburn said. In addition, the maintenance fee would pay for new bleachers, classroom, office and restroom space at the Vadalabene Center gym.
"Space that is currently under the bleachers when (they) are pulled out ... will turn into rooms," Washburn said.
"On the other side will be greatly enlarged restrooms and … a new group of offices," he said. "Athletics will move into the new offices and that will allow kinesiology (to) move into the offices they currently share with athletics."
Early this month the board reviewed possible increases in student tuition, which would raise from the fall 2006 rate of $4,758 to $5,227 annually for incoming freshmen, if approved. School of Pharmacy students would also pay more with an increase from $13,200 to $14,520 and the SIU School of Dental Medicine in Alton will increase from $18,150 to $19,960.
Both increases would be the result of significant increases in applications and enrollment.
The increases will help fund the renovation of main campus buildings, construction of the Student Academic Success Center and maintaining Textbook Rental.
Students would also pay more for the Student Fitness Center, Information Technology and the Morris University Center.
According to a press release, an SIUE student taking at least 15 hours will pay $236 each semester for repair work.
Facilities Management Director Bob Washburn said the buildings have lighting, heating, cooling and roof maintenance problems that need to be addressed.
"The basic buildings on campus were built in the mid-60s to the mid-70s," Washburn said. "So those buildings are coming up on about 50 years. We are having power issues, both the quality and the quantity."
The buildings are not meeting current safety codes and most are not earthquake-resistant, Washburn said. In addition, the maintenance fee would pay for new bleachers, classroom, office and restroom space at the Vadalabene Center gym.
"Space that is currently under the bleachers when (they) are pulled out ... will turn into rooms," Washburn said.
"On the other side will be greatly enlarged restrooms and … a new group of offices," he said. "Athletics will move into the new offices and that will allow kinesiology (to) move into the offices they currently share with athletics."
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