Tuition increase pending for CMU: Professional and administrative salaries, enrollment factors in decision
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. The meeting will be held in the Bovee University Center board room on the third floor.
Trustees will be discussing potential hikes in tuition for the 2014-15 school year for undergraduates, graduate and doctoral students, and the College of Medicine.
University officials told Central Michigan Life reporters that no official discussion on raising tuition has taken place, yet a tuition increase is a strong possibility moving forward. The bulk of the board's conversations on Wednesday and Thursday will be to determine how to keep that amount as low as possible if a tuition increase is suggested.
The agenda for the meeting and board packet does not suggest a timetable for when a new tuition increase will be enacted. Trustees will discuss tuition during its Wednesday board committee meetings, as well.
Various factors for the increase, such as the salaries of professional and administrative staff, enrollment, and the amount CMU receives in state funding will drive the increase, officials said. Each of these variables were discussed during the budget priorities committee meeting held earlier this month.
According to the minutes posted to the CMU website, trustees will also discuss the progress of the university's shared governance agreement.
The Wednesday committee meetings will also be hosted in the conference room. The Academic and Student Affairs Committee will meet from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., and the Finance and Facilities Committee will follow at 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The Trustees-Faculty Liaison Committee will meet from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Trustees-Student Liaison Committee meeting will be held immediately afterward.
A complete list of agenda items and meeting times can be found on the Board of Trustees website at cmich.edu/bot.
