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YOUR MAJOR MAY COST MORE THAN OTHERS. Your guide to understanding tuition at ISU BY ALEX.CONNOR @iowastatedaily.com Considerable uncertainty about state appropriations, as well as a promise to only increase tuition once this academic year.
It is for these reasons, Iowa students at all three regent universities will not know what their tuition costs will look like for next year until April, with approval of the increase not until June — two months before students return to school. However, years of lagging state appropriations and tuition increases are not uncommon. As far as
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higher education funding goes, it may be one of the only things Iowa students can expect come each year when the state House revisits Iowa’s budget. “Unfortunately, there are very few things that are predictable in today’s world.” Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen said in an interview in early February. “So as we look at the work the legislature, as we look at the economic struggles of the state and what that might mean in terms of cuts to the Board of Regents, I think that makes predictability difficult.” So, how to understand Iowa’s tuition climate? It’s not easy. In early August, interim Iowa State President Benjamin Allen was tasked with presenting a tuition proposal to the Iowa Board of Regents tuition task force. The task force convened after two rounds of state funding cuts that totaled more than $30 million. The proposal presented by Iowa State was simple: It focused on what it would take to fund the resources to maintain, as well as grow, the quality of its education. This could be done through meeting certain goals including to recruit and hire 330 new faculty and staff, to meet deferred maintenance needs and to grow the university 900,000 square feet so resources can serve at capacity. To get to this point? A five-year annual 7 percent increase for resident undergraduates and a 4 percent increase for non-resident undergraduates. Additionally, Iowa State proposed differential adjustments for engineering, business and other STEM programs. What now? Currently, Reynolds is recommending a midyear reduction of $5.1 million to Iowa Board of Regents
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Iowa State Student Government representatives voiced concerns at the statehouse Monday, asking legislators to make higher education a priority. “We are asking for your support of higher education in our state; it is an investment in the future we want for generations to come, it is an investment in Iowa,” Vice President Cody Smith said. Smith, as well as Senior Director of Governmental Relations Kody Olson, spoke out against the proposed budget cuts in front of the appropriations committee. “Regrettably, public higher education in Iowa is ensnared in a dangerous and unsustainable cycle,” Smith said. “The Legislature cuts funding, forcing the university to propose tuition increases to the Board of Regents, which will, inevitably and by no fault of their own, place this immense burden on the backs of students and their families.” Announced in early January, Iowa State has the potential of facing midyear cuts, in addition to lagging state funding in recent years. Currently, Gov. Kim Reynolds is recommending a midyear reduction of $5.1 million to Iowa Board of Regents budget. The House and Senate, who shape the legislation that ultimately decides the budget, is proposing a $8.1 million and $14.1 million reduction, respectively. Olson said if cuts like these are implemented, which are later followed by tuition increase — there could be generational impacts. “Looking back, I don’t know that I would’ve made it if school had cost even a few more hundred dollars,” he said. Olson continued “I had a sick feeling in my stomach when the Iowa Senate announced $14.5 million in appropriations to the regent universities.” On Friday, Student Government released a petition asking the statehouse “invest in us.” As of Monday night, it had 387 signatures. “It seems to me that our state has reached a critical turning point when it comes to public higher education,” Smith said. In a plea to the legislators, Olson said in a prepared statement he is worried his sister may not be able to be an Iowa State student if tuition continues to increase. “But can she afford to be a Cyclone? We grew up below the poverty line and I had to pave my own way through college,” he said. “I was fortunate to receive scholarships and financial aid from state and federal programs. “Even so, there was never a semester without worrying about having enough money to pay my housing bill or get the books I needed for school.”
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Budgeting over the years: tuition & state appropriations 710,000,000 639,000,000 568,000,000
REVENUE ($)
497,000,000 426,000,000 355,000,000 284,000,000 213,000,000 142,000,000 71,000,000 0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
WHERE IT’S BEEN
BASE
DIFFERENTIAL BASE
DIFFERENTIAL BASE
$3,728
+$1,180
$5,104 $4,472 +$632 $12,297 $11,153 +$1,144
UNDERGRAD
$4,908
DIFFERENTIAL
Differential tuition has been in the College of Engineering since 2006 and in the College of Business since 2012. These numbers are for in-state residents per semester.
BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE
UNDERGRAD
ENGINEERING
$4,718
DIFFERENTIAL
$3,728
BASE
DIFFERENTIAL BASE
DIFFERENTIAL BASE
2008
+$990
$5,406 $4,472 +$934 $12,144 $11,153 +$991 SOURCE: IOWA STATE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
BY CHRISTIAN.SIMMONS @iowastatedaily.com With state budget cuts and increases in tuition, students are looking for ways to lower tuition costs in any way possible. The College of Business and College of Engineering took student polls and worked with student council to figure out the best way to go about differential tuition. Th e whole planning process took about two years. Differential tuition has been a part of the College of Business since 2012. The Ivy College of Business is the second newest college at Iowa State, behind the College of Human Sciences, and the second largest in terms of enrollment. David Spalding, the dean of the College
of Business said differential tuition is necessary in a college where the enrollment has been so large in such a short amount of time. Spalding said almost all of the money differential tuition raises goes toward hiring new, more valuable faculty. Th e main goal differential tuition funds is lowering the student-faculty ratio. Spalding also said differential tuition will in part offset cost of loans for a new business building, but most of the building itself is funded by donations, grants and loans. The College of Engineering was the first college at Iowa State to adopt diff erential tuition in 2006. Dean of Engineering Sara Rajala explained how the College of Engineering uses differential tuition slightly differently than the College of Business.
Most, about 70 percent, of differential tuition is used for hiring and training faculty, while the rest is split between improving lab equipment and student spaces. In the department of agriculture and biosystems engineering, the student lounge in the basement was funded mostly by differential tuition, as well as many labs and equipment in the building labeled by red signs which read “Lab Equipment Supported In Part By Differential Tuition”. Steve Mickelson, department of agriculture and biosystems engineering chair, said there is no exact number of dollars these labs, student spaces or faculty salaries are funded by. Just like business, much of the same things differential tuition goes toward is also funded by donations and grants. ALL GRAPHICS: PETER LEMKEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY
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Tuition & Fees
SOURCE: IOWA BOARD OF REGENTS
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
WHERE IT’S NEW AGRICULTURE & LIFE SCIENCES
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES ‘17-’18
$3,995
‘18-’19
$4,261
‘19-’20
$4,528
DIFFERENTIAL
$3,728
BASE
+$267
+$533
+$800
SOURCE: IOWA BOARD OF REGENTS
BY ANNELISE.WELLS @iowastatedaily.com Ava Schroedl, senior in biological/pre-medical illustration, said the main student opinion of differential tuition from students in her program is: Where did this come from and why is it happening? For many students, lagging the broader history of higher education funding in Iowa is not uncommon. With many students staying for just four short years, sometimes five, it’s hard to comprehend the fluctuating costs of public university. But that doesn’t mean it’s not surprising when one learns they are paying an upward of $800 more for their education than others in the college because of the program. In 2011, just two College of Agriculture and Life Sciences majors paid differential tuition. By 2017, that number has expanded to eight to now include — animal ecology, animal science, agricultural systems technology, biology, dairy science, forestry, pre-veterinary medicine, genetics, industrial technology and microbiology. But for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, this is the first academic year any major is being impacted by differential tuition — biological/pre-medical illustration, computer science, biology and genetics.
In both of the colleges, differential tuition is being phased in over a span of three years. This academic year, junior and senior level students will be paying $267 more than the undergraduate base tuition each semester. This number expands to $533 in the 2018 academic year and $800 in 2019. “I hope this helps students and parents to plan ahead,” said Donald Beermann, animal science department chair. “That was the whole intent in having phased in approach.” Differential tuition will affect junior and senior level students after 60 credit hours have been reached. At those higher levels, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Beate Schmittmann said the cost of instruction is greater, faculty and student relationships tend to be closer and students take a lot more lab and interactive courses. Specifically deciding where this money goes is a partnership between the administration, faculty and students. “That’s a model that engineering uses, that business uses,” Schmittmann said. “So the students have some understanding of how much additional revenue is coming in … and how much can be a new investment.” There has already been a current and planned usage for the differential tuition money in a multitude of programs. In animal
science, they have used the uptick in funding toward hiring much needed faculty members and upgrading teaching facilities. “These are the kind of things that are really getting us up to where we should be,” Beermann said. “You can’t do it with outdated equipment and facilities.” Joe Colletti, interim dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, seconded the importance that differential tuition plays in the interactive side of learning. “The hands-on experience learning aspect is really what’s enhanced by the differential tuition,” Colletti said. “We do want to reinvest in them and make sure the upper level students who are paying it actually get what they really want and need of it,” said Lynn Clark, director of the biological/ pre-medical illustration program. Looking ahead, Schroedl, said her concerns are about where the money goes. “Just that the money stays within the program, also that students are still able to participate no matter what their family background is,” said Schroedl. In 2017, 10 majors between the CALS and LAS added differential tuition for the first time, phased in over three academic years. The graph reflects tuition per semester.
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GAMES CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR Participants get excited when playing Tacit Agreement, which requires them to make a similar pose based on the word the staff member shouts out. The game was a part of the Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 18 in the Memorial Union.
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London P Suber, age 21, of 1423 South Grand Avenue - Ames, IA, was arrested and charged with driving while revoked, other violation of chapter 321a, and insufficient number of headlamps at University Blvd and S 16th St (reported at 2:09 a.m.).
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This hasn’t been your best month, Aries. Power through and March will bring joy and prosperity.
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9. How do you solve problems? A. Attack aggressively and relentlessly B. Put them off as long as possible C. Carefully weigh all the options and choose the best D. I don’t solve problems very well…
5. Which best describes you at the moment? A. Outgoing B. Relaxed C. Up for a challenge D. Stressed
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Differential tuition isn’t fair to students BY ISAAC.SINCLAIR @iowastatedaily.com CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY Inside Sukup Hall, labs display signs indicating equipment was funded by differential tuition. Differential tuition is the act of charging a higher tuition for some majors.
Coming to college is a huge step in anyone’s life. There are many factors to consider when you’re selecting the university you want to attend, like size, location, strength of certain programs and campus life, but there is one factor that helps shape your decision above all else. Tuition.
This one figure will most likely determine where you go to college. That’s not a bad thing, it is just the world we live. If you have the money, you can afford to go to a more prestigious college. But that is all tuition should decide. It shouldn’t dictate what you major you want to go into or what path you want to go down in your life. That should be your choice. Differential tuition, charging higher tuition based on the program you enter,
takes that choice out of students hands. Students already have to make so many decisions based on their financial situations. They shouldn’t have to choose their major and career based off that too. We should be creating opportunities and easy access to higher education instead of creating financial roadblocks for students. At Iowa State, differential tuition already exists for many majors, like engineers or business majors. I don’t believe this is fair to them. So why do we even have differential tuition in the first place?
The university will tell you differential tuition covers the cost of funding those specific programs, and that is a valid reason. Some majors require more technology and equipment than others. I understand that, but the weight of funding shouldn’t be put on the students. Funding for higher education con-
tinues to decrease, as Iowa State faces a $2.5 million cut in funding this year, and putting the load on students by increasing their tuition based on their major isn’t fair to students. The state should continue to fund those programs that need the funding. Education is essential to improving the lives of everyone, and if we make it difficult for people to better themselves, we aren’t helping anyone. Funding for education should be higher priority than it currently is. Differential tuition is just a band-aid on the larger issue of funding for higher education. It is a way for the university to try to survive, but it isn’t fair to students. We must prioritize funding higher education so every student has a chance to succeed equally. Students have enough of a financial burden to carry. They shouldn’t be asked to do even more because the state cannot figure out how to fund higher education.
EDITORIAL
More is needed to fight sexual assault Last week, a federal court dismissed a Title IX lawsuit against the university where a sexual assault survivor, Melissa Maher, alleged the university mishandled her case when she was a student at Iowa State. Additionally, Iowa State has already spent more than $120,000 defending itself in that lawsuit and two others that are ongoing, according to an Iowa State Daily investigation.
After the dismissal of Maher’s case, the response from a university spokesperson was while they are “pleased with the court’s ruling, our thoughts are primarily with Ms. Maher and other survivors of sexual assault.” “We are deeply saddened that Ms. Maher experienced this traumatic sexual assault and the devastating impact caused by the criminal conduct of a fellow student,” the statement continued. We are deeply saddened, too. But we need more than that. It’s not enough to just be deeply saddened that a perpetrator would act in this way. We should be deeply saddened how the options offered to her by the university were not enough to meet her needs. This isn’t to say university officials have an easy job in providing resources to sexual assault survivors, especially when they also have to conduct a fair investigation. Because that job is in no way easy. But we can do better.
Since the time of this incident, the university has made strides in how it addresses sexual misconduct. The Green Dot program is a primary example of this and we want more money to be invested in this program. Still, more can be done. The ISD Editorial Board would like to see a comprehensive effort to not only provide for survivors, but to better educate our community so what happened to Maher never, ever has to happen again. That should be our goal: creating a community where sexual assault is not tolerated and a stellar support system for survivors is the norm. Community members should be educated on consent, intolerance for sexual assault, bystander intervention and what to do if someone confides in you that they’ve been assaulted. That education has to be more than an online system you can click through. And even though the university does have to maintain due process in investigating, there’s no reason we can’t also make survivors as comfortable as possible while the justice process takes its course. If this takes more resources, then we need to find a way to make this happen. Those additional resources will likely cost less than having to defend the university in a lawsuit later. As a university, we need to ensure those negative experiences don’t happen on top of trying to put an end to sexual misconduct.
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BRIAN MOZEY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State freshman Martha Haas comes from Minnetonka, Minnesota, and has adapted to the college swimming atmosphere as she ends her first season as a Cyclone.
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The most inspiring part of Iowa State’s swim team this year is getting to watch more impressive performances from the freshmen.
Martha Haas is one of the newcomers in swimming and diving during the 2017-18 season. She is not an ordinary student-athlete for the swimming team as she comes in with tremendous credentials swimming the 100-yard breaststroke. “I chose [Iowa State] because when I came here for my official races, I just felt really at home and comfortable,” Haas said. The first competition
BRIAN MOZEY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Freshman Martha Haas practices for the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 21. She looks forward to being a leader in the future for the swimming program.
BIG 12 SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP Austin, Texas Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center Feb. 21-24, 2018 In the 2017 Big 12 Championship, Iowa State placed third behind Texas and Kansas.
Haas comes from Minnetonka, Minnesota, and started her swimming life when she was seven years old. The biggest difference between high school and college in swimming is the duration of the season. High school only has a three-month season, which leaves enough time for swimmers to rest and adjust. “I really enjoyed my time in high school,” Haas said. “But I was definitely ready to come here and ready for the change.” Haas’s first meet was against Nebraska, who defeated Iowa State by a score of 193-102. “I was very nervous, but also I was so excited, and focused on some small things, like my turns and strokes,” Haas said. She placed fourth in 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke in her first race, the best place among the Cyclones in breaststroke events. “Martha is a great racer especially in the meet,” said coach Duane Sorenson. “She always shows up.” Fight for Cyclones
As the season proceeds, Haas also gets better feelings in the pool. When facing the Iowa Hawkeyes, she won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.64, her personal best in the season. This meet made Haas the eighth-best 100-yard breaststroke performer in school history and it is just her first season in Iowa State. Despite her outstanding performance in the regular season, coach Sorenson still has higher expectations for her in the Big 12 Conference. “We are trying to develop her 200-yard breaststroke race,” Sorenson said. “She is doing well, but I think there is a lot more potential.” Breaststroke is one of the stronger events for Iowa State. The pair of seniors, Kasey Roberts and Danica Delaquis, who are good at breaststroke, will graduate this May.
Sorenson certainly wants more of the freshman to continue the success and to fight for the Cyclones. Haas clearly knows what the expectation is for her. However, she seems not too overwhelmed by the future. “I am just hoping to perform as well as I can [in the Big 12 Championships],” Haas said.. Honored relay team
Every meet this season normally starts off with 200 medley relay event. Iowa State has a team made up of Roberts, Mary Kate Luddy, Laura Miksch and Haas. Everyone on the relay team is a senior this season, except for Haas. The honored relay team always helps Iowa State get advantages in the beginning of races. Haas enjoys the cooperation with her senior sisters. It is also her motivation to constantly keep going in swimming, that fighting together with teammates. “I like [swimming] as a whole,” Haas said. “I like the people involved, the coach, the best relationships that I’ve had in life.” Roberts, the school record holder in 200-yard breaststroke, is able to communicate with Haas more than others because of competency in same events. “She is actually my little sister in the team,” Roberts said. “She is so powerful, so much fun to swim with, she has a very good future.”
MARTA HAAS Hometown: Minnetonka, Minnesota High School: Minnetonka High School DOB: 10/10/1998 Class: Freshman Events: Breatstroke/Individual Medley Stats: High School Accolades: -Seven-time All-America honors -12-time All-State honoree -Minnetonka High School Female Athlete of the Year in 2016 -Nominee for 2017 Minnesota Swimmer of the Year
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existed for years. Differential tuition is a model that takes into consideration one’s major and how it may cost more to fund an individual’s education through additional lab equipment or the retention of top-tier faculty. As the years have passed, nearly every college at Iowa State has implemented the model in some shape or form. “Over the past year, several colleges have been having conversations with students about proposals to look at an increase in a number of majors that would be included in the differential tuition process,” Wintersteen said. “That is now in a process of being taken forward and looked at by the Board of Regents.” For students such as Edan Lambert, senior in animal science and previous College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, CALS, Student Council president, differential tuition makes sense. In reference to last year, Lambert said thenDean Wintersteen went to the CALS Student Council several times to discuss tuition. He said she also went to every department club that might also be impacted by it. “She helped us all understand that in order to keep our education at the top of its level and be one of the top ranking agricultural schools in the world, this was what needed to be done,” he said. Reporting contributed by Annelise Wells.
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budget. The House and Senate, who shape the legislation that ultimately decides the budget, is proposing a $8.1 million and $14.1 million reduction, respectively. Provost Jonathan Wickert said during a Faculty Senate meeting last week that if these cuts are enacted “draconian steps” will be taken. “With the last two years seeing $11.5 million in cuts to Iowa State’s budget, these budget changes will cut to the bone,” Wickert said. “The possible implications of these cuts for Iowa State include faculty furloughs, cancelled classes and discontinued student aid.” Wintersteen touched on previous implications lagging state appropriations have had on Iowa State during her interview with the Daily, specifically its impact on the university through faculty retention. “I think it’s important to understand that the university exists in a competitive environment and that our faculty and staff do not have to work here and that if we don’t provide the right environment and certainly salary is a part of having the right environment,” she said. In June 2017, Allen announced that due to last year’s midyear cuts, there will not be mandatory university salary increases for the upcoming fiscal year. The role of differential tuition Enter differential tuition, which in some colleges such as engineering and business, has
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For the College of Human Sciences and the College of Design, the model recognized as differential tuition has yet to phase itself into the programs fees. Currently, there are just two programs at the College of Design who partake in differential tuition: architecture and industrial design. A proposal to include all of the other design programs, except visual cultural studies, is in the works. College of Human Sciences (CHS) currently has no differential tuition placed on the base tuition for students, but that may be changing soon. A proposal made by CHS will be presented at the next Iowa Board of Regents meeting. A proposed price for differential tuition at the College of Design is non-existent at the moment. For students in architecture, their undergraduate base tuition is $703 more per semester than their other design peers. For industrial design undergraduates, their base tuition is $267 more per semester. This is not the full amount, however, as it is currently in a three-year phase in. Students begin paying differential tuition once they are admitted into the professional program. Should differential tuition be implemented into other programs, a similar process is expected. “We want to be transparent about differential tuition and make sure to minimize the impact for students and parents as much as possible,” said Luis Rico-Gutierrez, dean of the College of Design. “It is important we make everyone aware of where their tuition dollars are going.” College of Human Sciences Dean Laura Jolly said she does not have the information on how much the tuition for students would increase if the proposal is passed. Rico-Gutierrez said the two driving factors for differential tuition are smaller teacher-to-student ratios and space. Tuition dollars go toward necessary studio space, Rico-Gutierrez said, as design students use their space more intensely. Teacher-to-student ratio needs to remain small, as well, in order to properly
provide constructive feedback. For the College of Human Sciences, its need for differential tuition can be broken down too, as a tangible need with one of the biggest reasons being the growth the college has seen over the last several years. For example, Philip Martin, kinesiology chair, said the number of kinesiology undergraduates was roughly 700 in 2005. In the fall of 2017, that number nearly doubled with 1,200 undergraduates enrolled in the program. But the growth didn’t just happen in kinesiology. Between 2005 and 2014, the entire college’s enrollment grew by 52 percent. So what would differential tuition look like in the College of Human Sciences? There could be more faculty, better equipment, more learning spaces, and advising and career services. These are just a few of the ideas noted by Jolly and Martin. “We want to do everything we can to enhance students’ experiences,” Jolly said. The College of Design aspires to a similar mantra. Rico-Gutierrez said the faculty works hard to be as innovative and creative as possible to accommodate reduction of cost to deliver the highest quality of education. The college aims to use every other opportunity of utilizing resources. With state appropriations lagging and midyear cuts becoming a common trend, opportunities for growth and improvement are not always possible working under the current model. “However, there is a point where if we don’t have enough resources to invest in the quality of education, then the quality of education begins to suffer,” Rico-Gutierrez said. With maintaining successful education, the university also strives to be transparent. Rico-Gutierrez himself has gone around the design building stopping students to discuss differential tuition with them. “I’ve talked to students about their thoughts on differential tuition and why we’re doing it,” Rico-Gutierrez said. “I put data points in front of them and we have hosted informational meetings.” Jolly has also met with College of Human Sciences student organizations to discuss the possibility of differential tuition.
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