97-07-11 Trustees Approve Tuition for 97-98 TRUSTEES APPROVE TUITION FOR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Friday (7/11) approved a plan to increase resident undergraduate tuition by 5.5 percent, or $192 a year. An undergraduate student from Ohio will pay $3,660 annually in tuition next year. The increase at Ohio State is less than the 6 percent cap placed on tuition increases in the new state budget for the 1998- 99 biennium. The overall cost for resident undergraduates to attend school full-time and live in university housing will increase $409, to $10,180 a year, an increase of 4.3 percent, said William J. Shkurti, vice president for finance. This includes a 3.6 percent increase for room and board ($168), 5 percent for textbooks and supplies ($32), 1.6 percent for health insurance ($9), 3.8 percent for parking and bus permits ($3) and 7.7 percent for football tickets ($5). The general fee will increase from $82 to $91, primarily because of inflation. The 5.5 percent tuition increase comes from a 3 percent inflationary increase, 1 percent increase in student financial aid and 1 percent increase to cover the student share of unfunded mandates and improved course offerings, Shkurti said. It also includes 0.5 percent set aside for direct service improvements. This is the third year a portion of the tuition increase has been set aside for undergraduate student services, Shkurti said. This year, the increase will produce about $500,000. Academic and Student Affairs and Business and Administration have made requests for part of the available funding. They include requests to fund operations of a student success center, academic advising and financial counseling, expansion of bus routes and service, alcohol and drug prevention, and exercise and recreation equipment. University officials will consult with student leaders about their priorities for the funds during the remainder of the summer and will return with a recommendation for the board in September. Other graduate and professional fees and the out-of-state surcharge will increase by 5 percent, except in the colleges of Law (9.5 percent), Medicine (8 percent), Dentistry (6 percent) and Optometry (8 percent) and in the business MBA program (9 percent). The programs requested fee hikes in excess of the 5 percent to improve services to students. The colleges presented rationales for the additional increases and consulted with the students in their programs. Computing fees for the Max M. Fisher College of Business and the College of Engineering will continue at the same rates as fiscal year 1997. In the College of Business, the fees are $85 per quarter for full-time undergraduates and $120 per quarter for full-time graduate students. In Engineering, fees are $110 for undergraduates and $120 for graduates. Fees in both colleges are prorated for part-time students. At the regional campuses, funding of the access challenge in the state budget allowed tuition increases to be held to 2.3 percent next year. Full-time undergraduate students at Ohio State’s Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark campuses will pay $1,141 per quarter or $3,423 per year for tuition and fees. “The regional campus tuition policy was a unanimous recommendation by the regional campus boards of trustees,” said John O. Riedl, dean and director of OSU-Mansfield and coordinating dean of the regional campuses. “The state’s access challenge legislation states that half the funds must be used to keep tuition low. The regional campus boards chose to use all the funds for that purpose.” # Contact: William J. Shkurti, vice president for finance, 614-292-9232 Written by David Bhaerman, University Communications, 614- 292-8422 [Submitted by: Von Vargas (vargas.12@osu.edu) Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:10:16 -0400 (EDT)] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.