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COLLEGE RAISES TUITION
$90 WILL BUY YOU A CAR BATTERY, A GREAT MEAL WITH YOUR PARTNER
AND A1-CREDIT PE CLASS AT CLACKAMAS. BEFORE FEES
BY DEBBIE FOX A ND ELIZABETH KESSEL
Clackamas Community College student?
will see a $3 increase in tuition, from $87
to $90 per credit, starting this summer
term. A typical four-credit class will cost
$360 before fees.
O ther c o lle g e s go in g th ro u g h th is
change include Portland State University
and the University of Oregon.
PSU’s board of trustees voted on a 3.6
percent increase for in -sta te tuition.
During the meeting, board members had
to be relocated to a basement of a nearby
building because they were disrupted by
student protesters shouting in attempt to
be heard. A four-credit class for the 2016
- 2017 school year at PSU will cost $768.
At the University of Oregon, the board
of trustees voted to increase tuition by
4.8 percent for undergraduates. Students
walked out in protest during the meeting,
led by a student governm ent member.
One four-credit class at UO in the 2016
- 2017 school year will cost $792 in tui­
tion; after fees, the course costs more
than $1,300.
At Clackamas, Associated Student Gov­
ernment president Brent Finkbeiner said
without the increase, the college could
face the reserve funding being depleted
in 2021.
Finkbeiner presented classes w ith a
short presentation about the increase;
an ASG-sponsored forum told students
about the need for the tuition increase.
Finkbeiner added that the current trend
is attacking administration but that, "We
need to unite instead of figh t.”
Jim Huckestein, Vice President of Col­
lege Services at Clackam as, said there
were two overriding concerns that the
college and the board shared.
Huckestein said the Public Employees
Retirement System reform that the leg­
islature put into effect a few years ago
was overturned by the Supreme Court.
There is a $32 million increase that "w e
owe” PERS.
Students pay approximately 30 percent
of the total cost of instruction, about $9
m illion. A sm all increm ental increase
over time would allow students to plan
for it, rather than levy a large increase
all at once. It would allow them to ramp
up to that additional expense.
H uckestein said the second issue is
b ein g able to m ain tain public sa fety
and security.
"Our officers are currently com m is­
sioned by the Clackamas County Sheriff
Office and that commission ends in June
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peace officers on campus after July 1, it
would cost upwards of $300,000 per year.
Students like Mickey Artsen would be
adversely affected by the increase. Artsen
said, "I pay for all my school by myself. I
would not be able to go to school.”
Huckestein said many students cur­
r e n tly need fin a n cia l aid, so th e $3
increase w ill not incite change in the
need for aid. There are programs that
would help.
The last legislature increased the Ore­
gon Opportunity Grant and created the
Oregon Promise Program to reduce the
cost to students. Huckestein said, "The
Oregon Promise Program only covers stu­
dents directly out o f high school while
the Oregon Opportunity Grant covers
anybody who is eligible.”
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