2008 Woodie Awards
Board to talk tuition
Spring rates to be set, Promise may be broached Thursday
By: Nick Persons
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: News
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Central Michigan University's Board of Trustees will set the spring 2008 tuition rate at its meeting Thursday.
The future of the CMU Promise also may be brought up, and the feasibility of starting a medical school at CMU is on the agenda.
The meeting is set for 12:30 p.m. in the President's Conference Room, located in the Bovee University Center.
"In July the board set the tuition rate and extended the CMU Promise for the fall semester only," said Steve Smith, director of media relations.
Although ending the program would not affect those currently enrolled at CMU, it likely would have an impact on prospective students.
Smith said he didn't want to speculate on any possible cancellation of the CMU Promise. The topic is not an official item on the agenda, but he said it is likely to be discussed.
"I would be surprised if it didn't come up," Smith said. "It's something that I'm certain will work its way into the conversation."
He said the board, in previous meetings, expressed concern about the topic.
Medical school
The feasibility of a medical school will be presented by Michael Whitcomb, an outside consultant who has been investigating the topic since the beginning of the fall semester.
Smith said Whitcomb, who is being paid out of the presidents office, has yet to address the board directly. Whitcomb is expected to base his decision primarily on economic factors and the impact a medical school would have on existing programs, Smith said.
"We wanted him to take a look at a number of factors," he said.
Orientation fee may rise $50, other items
Also on the agenda is the orientation fee, which may go up from $125 to $175. The rate, up for approval, would increase the support for existing orientation sessions and other student services. The fee was last increased in 1996, going from $85 to $125.
A proposed 10-year agreement between the university and Bank of America also is on the trustees' schedule. The contract would give $400,000 to CMU - money that would help fund alumni-related projects. It would offer a credit card with a CMU logo to alumni, faculty and staff. Students are eligible, but Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Michael Leto said the card is primarily intended for CMU graduates.
"It's an alumni association program," he said.
Leto said the agreement would help the association gain funding on its own.
Positions, including chairperson for the 2008 Board of Trustees, also will be named.
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The future of the CMU Promise also may be brought up, and the feasibility of starting a medical school at CMU is on the agenda.
The meeting is set for 12:30 p.m. in the President's Conference Room, located in the Bovee University Center.
"In July the board set the tuition rate and extended the CMU Promise for the fall semester only," said Steve Smith, director of media relations.
Although ending the program would not affect those currently enrolled at CMU, it likely would have an impact on prospective students.
Smith said he didn't want to speculate on any possible cancellation of the CMU Promise. The topic is not an official item on the agenda, but he said it is likely to be discussed.
"I would be surprised if it didn't come up," Smith said. "It's something that I'm certain will work its way into the conversation."
He said the board, in previous meetings, expressed concern about the topic.
Medical school
The feasibility of a medical school will be presented by Michael Whitcomb, an outside consultant who has been investigating the topic since the beginning of the fall semester.
Smith said Whitcomb, who is being paid out of the presidents office, has yet to address the board directly. Whitcomb is expected to base his decision primarily on economic factors and the impact a medical school would have on existing programs, Smith said.
"We wanted him to take a look at a number of factors," he said.
Orientation fee may rise $50, other items
Also on the agenda is the orientation fee, which may go up from $125 to $175. The rate, up for approval, would increase the support for existing orientation sessions and other student services. The fee was last increased in 1996, going from $85 to $125.
A proposed 10-year agreement between the university and Bank of America also is on the trustees' schedule. The contract would give $400,000 to CMU - money that would help fund alumni-related projects. It would offer a credit card with a CMU logo to alumni, faculty and staff. Students are eligible, but Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Michael Leto said the card is primarily intended for CMU graduates.
"It's an alumni association program," he said.
Leto said the agreement would help the association gain funding on its own.
Positions, including chairperson for the 2008 Board of Trustees, also will be named.
news@cm-life.com
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Nick Smith
posted 12/05/07 @ 9:03 PM EST
Of course they'll raise rates for everything. That's all they've been doing for years.
They claim they won't or things will turn around, but every year they raise everything, then approve more building, beautification projects, expensive projects for more buildings and crap they don't need, all the while collectively bending every student over more and more each year and screwing them with higher rates and inevitably higher amounts of debt after graduation. (Continued…)
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