 What is the role of the Committee?
 Review details of the tuition and fee proposal resulting in a recommendation to the
President and Board of Regents;
 Serve as conduit to other student groups to ensure transparency & consultation;
 Actively participate in the process.
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• Biennial process for setting deregulated tuition and fee rates.
• The University appoints a group of students and faculty to review and discuss the tuition and fee rates proposed for the upcoming two year period.
• Rates will cover Academic Years 2015 and 2016
• Each campus follows the same guidelines
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1. Consultative. The campus community should be involved throughout the process.
2. Open and transparent. Interested parties should have access to the information used in determining Tuition and Fee rates.
3. Comprehensive.
Proposals must take into account deregulated tuition and mandatory fees. Proposals include average course and program fees so students can predict the cost of attendance.
4. Strategic.
Proposals must be in alignment with strategic campus and system goals.
5. Frugal. Proposals should take into consideration cost saving initiatives to keep tuition and fee rates affordable.
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November 6 th - Agenda
• Welcome, Introductions & Overview Committee ChargeDr.
John Frederick, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Review Agenda, Tuition & Fee Proposal Process, Website -
Lenora C. Chapman, Associate Vice President, Financial Affairs
• Graduation and Retention Rates/GRIP InitiativesDr. Sandra
Welch, Vice Provost for Accountability and Institutional
Effectiveness
• Overview of UTSA Operating Budget & Revenue Structure -
Mary Simon, Sr. Director of Budget Planning & Development
• Guaranteed Tuition Plan and Proposed changes to Total
Academic CostLenora C. Chapman, Assoc. VP, Financial Affairs
• Discussion, Q&A, and Wrap Up – Lenora C. Chapman, Assoc. VP
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http://www.utsa.edu/financialaffairs/TuitionFees/proposals.html
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1. Cost savings are critically important to keeping tuition and fee charges affordable.
• University Strategic Resource Planning Council:
Review of Administrative Costs
• Cost Containment Website
• Challenges of a Growing Institution
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2. Traditional Rate Plan Proposal must include new and innovative tuition policy incentives that promote graduation in a timely manner. With the exception of possible increases for innovative policies, tuition and fee rates will remain the same for Fall 2014 and Fall 2015 as they were in
Fall 2013.
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3. May increase rates for an undergraduate
Guaranteed Rate Plan. Proposed increase requests can be designed to adequately cover increases to fixed costs (e.g., utility and benefit) and inflation rates over the four- year rate plans.
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Three components:
1. Tuition : Statutory (rate set by state legislature) & Designated (‘deregulated’ rate set by UT Board of Regents through the T&F Proposal process)
2. Mandatory Fees: required to be paid by all students unless exempted by law or authorized waiver
3. Incidental Fees: paid on a per-use or per-circumstance basis.
*Excludes textbooks, housing, parking, dining, etc.
• Course & Lab fees – paid by students enrolled in a course or lab for which a fee has been approved.
• College fees – paid by students enrolled in a degree program within a college that a special fee has been approved (e.g., Advising and Technology support)
• Optional – paid by any student or public for opting to use a good or service
(e.g., Testing fees, Application fees, and Transcript request fees.)
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Statutory Tuition - Set by Legislature
 Has remained at $50 per semester credit hour (SCH) since Fall 2005.
Designated Tuition - Considered a local source of revenue; the rate is set by each institution based on deregulation by the legislature in 2003.
 FY13 = $147.60/SCH
 FY14 = $149.41/SCH
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Fees are required to be paid by every enrolled student attending UTSA. Fees may be exempted or waived as allowed by statute. Revenues must be spent in accordance with the fee justification as authorized by the Texas Education Code.
• Assessed on a per student basis, or
• Assessed on a per Semester Credit Hour (SCH) basis, some have min/max limits; others are based on the exact number of SCH taken
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Fees charged for services or materials utilized by students at a rate that, “must reasonably reflect the actual cost to the university of the materials or services for which the fee is collected.”
• Based on student or user choices, or as a good/service is actually used.
• Some incidental fees are required by all students taking a specific course or based on their enrollment within a college or degree program.
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Fees charged for the general cost of laboratory materials and supplies used by a student. The amount of the laboratory fee may not exceed the cost of actual materials and supplies used by the student.
• Lab fees are required to be accounted for as state revenue
• May not exceed $30 per lab course regardless of actual costs
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• Tuition & Mandatory fees are computed for an undergraduate taking 15 semester credit hours and added to the average college/course fees paid.
Academic Year 13-14:
Per Semester
Tuition $ 2,991.15
Mandatory Fees 1,257.50
College/Course Fees 312.00
$ 4,560.65
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