Vol.2, No.1
School Gives Reasons for Tuition Increase New policy: 1 L's pay more Susan L. Harper Editor-in-Chief When third-year day student Robert Lorch opened his tuition bill this past summer and noticed the $1,374 increase he "was disappointed, but not surprised." "It has happened every year," Lorch shared with the L. While it is no secret that NYLS's tuition increased this year, the question on everyone's mind, however, is why? "The increase has two reasons," says Fred DeJohn, Associate Dean for Finance and Administration. "First, there are increases in costs across the board. The second has to do with NYLS's attrition rate." "Increases across the board," says DeJohn, includes increases in "salaries, cost of computerization, up keep of physical plant, postage and supplies," among other things. As a general rule, DeJohn shares that "NYLS upgrades their computers every three years to keep pace with technology changes." This year, for example, computers in the Student Center and in kiosks were replaced. "Attrition," or non-retention of students, DeJohn says, "brings down revenue." After the first year, the number of ~tu~ents iii a given class usually decreasthereby decreasing the revenue. The reasQns students may no longer attend
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· ·'The reasons range from health, fi~~. geography, transferring to a new school and realization that one may not fiM,i to go into law," shares DeJohn. "Additionally, because the School does not have a lot of students transferring in, the school has to compensate for the loss in revenue when a student leaves NYLS." Continued on page 2
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