| NOVEMBER
19
Regents
approve tuition increases
The increases will
generate $19 million over the next year,
UTA officials project.
NOVEMBER 19
Plan
sees conflicting responses
Some students worry
about making the payments while administrators
look forward to the additional funding the
increases will provide to programs.
NOVEMBER 18
Regents
to decide tuition rates today
The meeting continues
despite concerns the lieutenant governor
raised about the increased rates.
NOVEMBER 12
SC
leader: Add/drop fee unjust
The proposed add/drop
fee may be needed but is unfair to those
who are not abusing the registration system,
the SC President says.
NOVEMBER 11
Add/drop
fee spurs SC debate
Some senators say
it may be needed but is not justifiable
with other expected hikes.
NOVEMBER 6
Committee
members split over proposal
Some from the Tuition
Review Committee say the interim president
discarded a vital part of the group’s
recommendation for tuition increases.
NOVEMBER 5
Proposal:
$10-per credit hour spring increase
The final tuition
proposal includes raising the rates as well
as two student fees.
• The
committee chairman argues against a claim
that the proposal relied heavily on student
input.
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NOVEMBER 5
Administrators
seek feedback from SC on 6 fee increases
A $2 add/drop fee
would keep some from misusing the system,
official says.
NOVEMBER 4
Details
of increase to be released
The UT System will
reveal specific plans from each campus’
tuition increase proposals today.
OCTOBER 29
Increase
proposals may merge
The interim president
says he is considering pushing back the
bulk of the tuition hike.
OCTOBER 24
Committee
settles on fee, tuition hike mix
The review board
suggests creating a fee next fall to help
students prepare for cost.
OCTOBER 24
More
media than students attend protest
Organizer and petition
writer Jeni Hall says students seem apathetic
to tuition increases.
OCTOBER 24
Enhancement
fee would need Senate approval
Tuition Review Committee
member’s plan would use a new fee
to fund research enhancement initiatives.
OCTOBER 23
Committee
to see 2,500 signatures
The petition’s
author plans to hold a rally today before
the meeting on tuition increases.
OCTOBER 22
Ward:
Tuition changes may be hard to make
Administrators will
discuss financial data with the review board
on Thursday.
OCTOBER 22
Liberal
Arts fees receive support
The proposals will
go to the interim provost next.
OCTOBER 22
Petition
signatures may be discarded
The names were collected
at The Market without a manager’s
permission.
OCTOBER 21
Student
petitions against increase
Jeni Hall’s
goal is to have 5,000 signatures by the
Tuition Review Committee’s meeting
Thursday.
OCTOBER 21
Committee
tries to lower fees for graduate teaching
assistants
Review board members
continue to look for ways to retain more
students.
OCTOBER 17
Ward
to review list of changes to proposal
He’ll decide
whether the committee’s suggestions
to decrease will be realistic.
OCTOBER 17
Dunn:
Info in proposal ambiguous
Nursing and engineering
will experience additional increases in
spring only.
OCTOBER 17
Foreigners
won’t receive future tuition set-asides
The Financial Aid
director says the extra money is reserved
for U.S. citizens.
OCTOBER 16
Increases
make planning hard, students say
Those who don’t
qualify for financial aid raise concerns
about how they will pay
OCTOBER 16
Hikes
will decide increases in aid
Some students will
receive more money according to their need,
official says.
OCTOBER 15
Loan
program change passes
Tuition Review Committee
members may take it into consideration,
official says.
OCTOBER 15
Congress
debates tuition increases
One senator says
students who don’t voice their concerns
now shouldn’t complain about hikes.
OCTOBER 14
Group
member says campus should rely on fee increases
A second increase
proposal allows for UTA to ignore rule dictating
some money raised must go toward financial
aid.
OCTOBER
14
Officials
ask deans to go easy on fees
Administrators say
they want to keep fees low so students’
costs can remain manageable.
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