THE
16,1987 July
Vol. 85, No. 60
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Regents approve tuition increases By J Burst Student Writer On July 10,1987, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education took action regarding changes in general and certain special fees and nonresident tuition. President Bill Lillard released the rate schedule which will become effective with enrollment for fall term, 1987. Tuition hike for the fall semester will mean an increase of $3.50 per hour for lower divsion classes (freshman and sophomore) and $5.25 per hour for upper division classes (junior and senior). Nonresident fees will be increased $7.70 per hour for lower division, $11.55 for upper divison and $15.40 per hour for graduate division . Students who have already paid for fall classes will not escape the increases. "We will notify all students who have already enrolled and give them the opportunity and ample time to pay the difference", said Nick Widener, comptroller at CSU. The tuition hike, in i dollars and
cents, will mean that a student enrolled in 16 hours of freshman or sophomore level classes for the fall will now pay $325.60, an increase of $56.00 over last years fee of $269.60. Students enrolled in junior and senior level classes for 16 hours will pay $376.80, an increase of $86.00 over last year's fee of $292.80. Graduate students enrolled in 16 hours for fall will pay $457.60 as opposed to last year's fee of $345.60. This is a 32 percent increase, or $112.00 more than last year. Nonresident tuition increases will be 21 percent for lower divison classes, from $36.60 to $44.30; 28 percent for upper division classes from $41.50 to $53.05. The largest increase will be for nonresident graduate students, 33 percent, raising fees from $46.85 to $62.25 per hour. This means a nonresident graduate student carrying 16 hours in the fall will pay $995.50, or $245.90 over last year's fee of $749.60. Some students at CSU feel that
the increase is necessary for quality education while other students question whether they will be able to attend in the fall. "For the money, the education is better,"said Mary Butler, a nonresident student who attended Penn State last year. "You get more hands on experience with the smaller classes and you also get to know your insturctors and advisors. That is something you can't do at the larger universities," she added. "I paid five times more overall at Penn State as a resident last year than what I will have to pay here in the fall as a nonresident," said Butler. "Even though I understand the necessity of raising tuition to better the education system, I don't feel that some students will be able to continue their college educations if it keeps increasing at its current rate," said Jack Money, CSU student. In 1984, the tuition was increased from $13.90 to $15.30 for lower division students and $15.15 to $16.65 for upper division students.
LA auditorium undergoes change By Jane Vesper The Liberal Arts auditorium is undergoing a remodelling job under the direction of Jim Poe, manager of Mitchell Hall. "An improved space for activities which are related to creative writing and playwriting classes was needed; therefore,the new stage and lighting system will benefit performances in those classes as well as guest speakers and seminars," said Dr. Bill Parker, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts. "The Liberal Arts auditorium was originally
designed as a lecture hall and it was used as such for several years, but the needs have changed with the growth of the creative studies and writing areas," said Poe. "The facility can still be used as a lecture hall but the capabilities have been expanded to meet today's needs," he said. Poe, who designed the improvements, said the cost for the stage, sound booth and lighting system is roughly $3,500 and will be ready for graduation the end of this month as a rain alternative.
Photo by Bill Taylor
The Liberal Arts auditorium will soon double as lecture hall and theater. The remodel job, which began earlier this semester, is expected to be completed by the end of the sum mer term.
The last tuition increase was in the fall of 1986 when rates were raised from $15.30 per hour to $16.85 for lower division students and upper division students paid $18.30 instead of the previous $16.65. "One thing many supporters of the tuition increase fail to understand is that schools in other states with higher rates have more money for scholarships and grants than Oklahoma schools do," said Money."Students don't always
have to bear as much of the load, particularly if they are involved in athletics, drama or music," he added. One thing both supporters and opponents of the tuition increase agreed upon however, was that the most education for the dollar can be acquired at CSU. "Even after the rate increase at CSU, our tuition rates are still cheaper than last year's rates at O.U. or O.S.U.," said Widener.
Oklahoma State Regents For Higher Education State Capitol, Oklahoma City General Enrollment Fee and Tuition Rates Per SCH in the State System 1986-87 Actual, and 1987-88 Proposed Rate Increase 1986-87 1987-88 Per SCH Lower Division
Comprehensive Universities Regional & Senior Universities Junior Colleges Upper Division
Comprehensive Universities Regional & Senior Universities Graduate Division
Comprehensive Universities Regional & Senior Universities
Percent* increase
$21.25 $25.70 16.85 20.35 12.50 15.10
$ 4.45 3.50 2.60
21% 21% 21%
24.85 31.50 18.30 23.55
6.65 5.25
27% 29%
30.60 39.50 21.60 28.60
8.90 7.00
29% 32%
$55.20 $66.80 36.60 44.30 31.00 37.50
$11.60 7.70 6.50
21% 21% 21%
65.20 82.60 41.50 53.05
17.40 11.55
27% 28%
80.50 103.70 46.85 62.25
23.20 15.40
29% 33%
Nonresident Tuition** Lower Division
Comprehensive Universities Regional & Senior Universities Junior Colleges Upper Division
Comprehensive Universities Regional & Senior Universities Graduate Division
Comprehensive Universities Regional & Senior Universities
*Rounded to the nearest 1/2 percent.
**In addition to the General Enrollment Fee.
Budgets required for final approval By J. Money Summer editor The budgets for CSU and its five sister institutions for the 1987-88 fiscal year are among topics that will be discussed by the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges at its meeting tomorrow. Assistant Vice President Lindsey C. Owsley said CSU will receive about the same amount of money as it was appropriated for the previous fiscal year, approximately $20 million dollars. "This money, in addition to the estimated fees to be collected by the university from students, is used to maintain the physical plant, pay teaching salaries and operating expenses for the administration, library and other similar operations on campus," Owsley said.
Owsley said the only thing the appropriated money does not pay for is the Auxiliary Enterprises division, which generates the funds to pay for itself. Owsley said the university expects to collect $8 million for fees during the next fiscal year. Regent Bowie Ballard will also present the results from competitive bidding for projects planned around CSU's campus at tomorrow's meeting. The four possible projects that were up for competitive bidding are light fixtures for Wantland Stadium, the replacement of the roof on the Business Building South, an acoustical grid ceiling system for the Art and Music buildings, and a Hydraulic cylinder for an elevator in the University Center.