Tuition rises, fees drop
By DONALD COULTER
Of m* tnwnia
When the Oregon State
Board of Higher Education
raised instruction fees 19 per
cent this summer, a lot of peo
ple assumed the entire cost of
tuition would be going up by
the same amount
But that's not the case, says
University Registrar Wanda
Johnson According to
Johnson, instruction fees and
tuition are two very different
things
"What's confusing is the to
tal cost," Johnson says “We
define tuition as equaling both
instruction fees and manda
tory fees Instruction fees are
just part of the package ”
Mandatory fees include in
cidental, building, health ser
vice and gym service charges
and comprise about 25 per
cent of the cost of tuition Un
like instruction fees, the final
amount of mandatory fees will
not increase this school year
For a resident under
graduate. the total cost of tui
tion will be $364 a term — not
including the $50 general
deposit charged with fall tui
tion Instruction fees make up
$275 of that figure, with the
remaining $89 going for man
datory fees
The mandatory fees added
each term include a $44 in
cidental fee, a $29 50 health
service fee, a $12 50 building
fee and a $3 gym service fee
Instruction fees pay for the
total operation of the campus
— from faculty salaries to utility
bills, says budget director
Ralph Sunderland The
TUITION
BREAKDOWN
Graphic by Russell Whang
19-percent increase equals
$44 per term for resident un
dergrads and raises the cost of
instruction from $231 to $275
per term
Instruction fees go directly
to the state higher education
board, Sunderland says, and
from there the money is allot
ted to the various state
schools and universities
Instruction fees pay only 30
percent of the University's
operating budget, he says
The remaining 70 percent
comes from state funds
The $44 incidental fee — the
only fee to decrease this year
— is down six dollars a term
from last year, because
students will pay half the price
of football and basketball tick
ets, instead of receiving them
free as they did last year
The health service fee —
used to support the student
health center — remains at last
year's level, partly because of
the closure of the infirmary at
the end of spring term.
Students will continue to
receive free or low-cost ac
cess to physicians and nurses
at the center’s out-patient
areas
The building fee, used to
meet debt principles and in
terest payments on bonds for
University construction, also
remains at last year's level.
The gym service fee — new
this year — was set by the state
board to salvage operation of
gym facilities, which otherwise
would have been forced to
close due to budget cuts
The fee will pay for supervi
sion and equipment upkeep,
says physical education dean
Celeste Ulrich
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