UNC SBP Mary Cooper holds second tuition meeting
By Jamie Gnazzo | Nov. 8, 2011More than 70 students — an increase from Monday’s turnout of roughly 30 — attended Student Body President Mary Cooper’s second tuition forum Tuesday.
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More than 70 students — an increase from Monday’s turnout of roughly 30 — attended Student Body President Mary Cooper’s second tuition forum Tuesday.
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A group of about 30 students — mostly from student government — attended Student Body President Mary Cooper’s forum on tuition increases Monday. Cooper will hold a forum each night this week in hopes of raising student awareness about the issue. Tonight’s meetings will be held at 6 p.m. in SASB Upendo Lounge and 7 p.m. in Carroll 111.
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Although UNC’s tentative multi-year proposal to increase tuition by 40 percent would fit within the confines of the UNC-system Board of Governors’ tuition policy, board members say it’s not a foregone conclusion that the increase will be approved.
Read More »Graduate students from North Carolina will no longer have the opportunity to pay in-state tuition while attending out-of-state schools.
Read More »For Student Body President Mary Cooper, now is the time for students to speak up about tuition. The University’s tuition and fee advisory task force will decide on a tuition proposal to present to the Board of Trustees on Nov. 14, leaving Cooper less than two weeks to craft her own proposal for the task force.
Read More »First and foremost, I want to be clear: my goal is to hear from the student body so that I can be the best advocate that I can be.
Read More »Students might face unprecedented tuition hikes for next year, but the amount they will pay in fees will be lower. An effort by the student fee advisory subcommittee to eliminate unnecessary fees resulted in a $10.41 decrease in student fees for 2012-13.
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The University’s desperate search for funding has thrust Student Body President Mary Cooper into the spotlight. In anticipation of another round of millions cut in state funding, Cooper finds herself in the middle of a dispute between administrators and students.
Read More »The Graduate and Professional Student Federation discussed ways to broadcast their discontentment with impending tuition hikes and University budget cuts at their meeting Tuesday evening.
Read More »Last year, former Student Body President Hogan Medlin and his executive board told Department of Public Safety officials that the five-year transportation plan was unacceptable and burdensome to students but say they were repeatedly ignored. Last week, students proved that these concerns were more than just talk by rejecting a proposed $14.50 increase to the student transportation fee. DPS needs to accept that rejection and find a revenue model that fairly incorporates student concerns.
Read More »Facing impending tuition hikes, the UNC-system Association of Student Governments is taking a harder look at how well it represents students.
Read More »Fiscal strains on the University have created the harsh reality that a 6.5 percent tuition increase simply won’t do. But, in a span of two to four years, a 40 percent increase to in-state tuition would unduly burden students who came to the University with the expectation of affordable and relatively stable tuition.
Read More »UNC’s tentative proposal to increase in-state tuition by 40 percent during a multi-year span far exceeds the UNC system’s cap, but administrators said they were not surprised by the proposal. The system’s new Four Year Tuition Plan, which went into effect this academic year, maintains the system’s 6.5 percent cap on tuition increases.
Read More »As administrators push for what could become the largest tuition increase in the University’s history, Student Body President Mary Cooper is planning a campaign to convince students that hikes are necessary.
Read More »UNC administrators discussed Thursday the possibility of raising tuition by nearly 40 percent in the next two to four years.
Read More »Elon University surpassed its largest-ever fundraising goal of $100 million this year despite the state’s economic troubles.
Read More »As the UNC-system Association of Student Governments prepares to tackle potential tuition and fee increases, officers say student involvement will be key.
Read More »The student fee advisory subcommittee postponed Friday a vote on a $45 increase to the athletic fee, citing a desire for the increase’s revenue to be devoted entirely to scholarships, not the Olympic sports programs.
Read More »University officials said Tuesday that a 6.5 percent increase in tuition wouldn’t come close to covering a $20 million gap in UNC’s budget.
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The honor system and diversity were the topics of choice for Chancellor Holden Thorp’s open house discussion Monday, conducted in a new roundtable format.
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