Sizing up student fees at SIUE
Kari Williams
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: News
Despite increases from last semester, SIUE offers students the lowest tuition and fees in Illinois.
According to Lora Miles, assistant vice chancellor of Student Affairs, SIUE's fees, which are the lowest of the 12 universities in the state of Illinois, are based on a per credit hour system
Schools differ in how their respective student fees impact campus life. SIUE determines the cost of all fees via credit hours. Eastern Illinois University and Austin Peay State University have flat rates-with the exception of textbook rentals-according to the respective schools' Web sites.
For most of SIUE's mandatory fees, such as athletic, university center and student welfare/activity, once a certain number of credit hours are reached, the fee stabilizes. When a student reaches six credit hours, the athletic fee remains at $146.20, regardless of how many additional credit hours the student registers for. Lora Miles said SIUE has always had per credit rates.
"Fees have always been based on a per credit hour so that your part-time students don't pay as much as your fulltime students. Some fees are flat. Some flatten out at four or six hours," Miles said.
Southeast Missouri State University rents textbooks at a flat rate of $21.79 per course, according to the SEMO Fee Schedule for fall 2009 through summer 2010. SIUE also rents textbooks, but charges by credit hour with a $10 increase per hour. Since fall 2003, EIU's textbook rental fee has been "$7.95 per semester hour charged to all students," according to EIU's archived catalog.
Junior speech pathology major Jenny Sparenberg said she is happy with SIUE's fee system because she "doesn't know it any other way."
"Textbook rentals should be based on credit [hours]. That makes sense," Sparenberg said.
Other campus fees, such as the activity fee, increase $10 with each credit hour and plateaus at $101.20 with six hours. EIU has a flat rate of $94.63 for fulltime students.
According to Lora Miles, assistant vice chancellor of Student Affairs, SIUE's fees, which are the lowest of the 12 universities in the state of Illinois, are based on a per credit hour system
Schools differ in how their respective student fees impact campus life. SIUE determines the cost of all fees via credit hours. Eastern Illinois University and Austin Peay State University have flat rates-with the exception of textbook rentals-according to the respective schools' Web sites.
For most of SIUE's mandatory fees, such as athletic, university center and student welfare/activity, once a certain number of credit hours are reached, the fee stabilizes. When a student reaches six credit hours, the athletic fee remains at $146.20, regardless of how many additional credit hours the student registers for. Lora Miles said SIUE has always had per credit rates.
"Fees have always been based on a per credit hour so that your part-time students don't pay as much as your fulltime students. Some fees are flat. Some flatten out at four or six hours," Miles said.
Southeast Missouri State University rents textbooks at a flat rate of $21.79 per course, according to the SEMO Fee Schedule for fall 2009 through summer 2010. SIUE also rents textbooks, but charges by credit hour with a $10 increase per hour. Since fall 2003, EIU's textbook rental fee has been "$7.95 per semester hour charged to all students," according to EIU's archived catalog.
Junior speech pathology major Jenny Sparenberg said she is happy with SIUE's fee system because she "doesn't know it any other way."
"Textbook rentals should be based on credit [hours]. That makes sense," Sparenberg said.
Other campus fees, such as the activity fee, increase $10 with each credit hour and plateaus at $101.20 with six hours. EIU has a flat rate of $94.63 for fulltime students.
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Joey H
posted 11/05/09 @ 12:50 AM CST
While some of these fees are valid, I feel that the Athletics fee and the Fitness Center fee are a waste of my money. From my observations, I've met very few students who participate in (or attend) sporting events, and only a handful of students who use the Fitness Center. (Continued…)
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