Tuition
continued from page 1A
“We’re looking for creative ways
to charge (tuition) because we’re
not adequately funded,” said David
Doerksen, University accounts
receivable supervisor.
Under the new plan, undergradu
ates taking certain classes late in
the day will get a discount. For in
stance, in-state students taking a
four-credit class would get a dis
count of #48, while nonresident un
dergraduates would be refunded
$228. A resident undergraduate
student taking 16 credits — includ
ing four discounted credits —
would pay about 10 percent less in
tuition.
Students have expressed mixed
feelings about the change.
Junior Ryan Stoner, a political
science and religious studies major,
said he didn’t understand the logic
behind discounting evening classes,
or even how the University was
choosing which classes to discount.
“The new system is a little incon
venient because if you have a job or
other obligations, taking classes in
the evening is an imposition,” he
said.
But sophomore Jason McLean
said the new system had potential.
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designers, Steiner said.
“They just knocked themselves
out,” Hager said.
The CD-ROM could become an
important teaching tool because
teachers can specifically design
their lesson plans by using the dif
ferent categories available, Info
Graphics Laboratory cartographer
Mike Engelmann said. Public
“Tuition is too high as it is, so it’s
a step in the right direction,” he
said.
Students have also had to adjust
to more basic changes in the way
they pay for classes, such as a new
credit cost plateau.
Before the new system was im
plemented this year, students tak
ing 12 to 18 credits paid a flat rate,
an option available now only to stu
dents taking 13 to 16 credits.
Doerksen said the new system,
while necessary to compensate for
low state funding, is more compli
cated for undergraduate students
because they are not always being
charged a flat rate.
University Registrar Herb
Ghereck said the University’'! over
all accounting system had to be al
tered so that discounted classes
could be considered an “exception”
when assessing tuition for students.
A full analysis will be done later this
term to determine whether the new
system is keeping total University tu
ition increases at 3 percent or less.
“We’re not aware of any prob
lems yet,” he said.
For more information, visit
http://registrar.uoregon.edu/stu
dents/registration/tuition .html.
Contact the senior news reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
schools have been given samples of
the CD-ROM, and may implement
it in their curricula, he added.
The project is so innovative, En
gelmann said, that he hopes other
states will follow their lead.
The Atlas of Oregon CD-ROM is
available for $49.95 at the Universi
ty of Oregon Bookstore and other
bookstores around town.
Contact the reporter
atjodyburruss@dailyemerald.com.
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