{"id":42886,"date":"2016-04-08T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=42886"},"modified":"2016-05-03T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T21:20:11","slug":"regents-approve-naus-tuition-fee-proposal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/regents-approve-naus-tuition-fee-proposal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Regents approve NAU’s tuition, fee proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Arizona University’s tuition and fee proposal\u00a0for 2016-17<\/a>\u00a0was unanimously approved\u00a0by the Arizona Board of Regents this week in Tucson. The\u00a0proposal includes no tuition increases for 96 percent of continuing Flagstaff undergraduate students on\u00a0the Pledge program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve balanced state support with accessibility and affordability,” said NAU President Rita Cheng<\/strong>. “We listened to the benefits our Pledge program has afforded students and families in providing predictability and planning for college costs. With expected modest support from the state this year, we were able to continue this program and moderate tuition changes for next year. We look forward to rebuilding this partnership with the state through a new university funding model in the future.”<\/p>\n

Cheng said Personalized Learning, NAU’s competency-based program, continues to be a low-cost option, along with blended learning and concurrent programs with community colleges across Arizona.<\/p>\n

Board chair\u00a0Jay Heiler<\/strong>\u00a0said the university system\u00a0must\u00a0provide top-notch education for the people of Arizona and continue to attract those outside of Arizona to its\u00a0universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven as state support has been drawn down significantly, the number of those in need of support to attend college has been going up significantly in our state,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>he\u00a0said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the complexities of the financial model the presidents of our universities are constantly trying to navigate and adjust for with a very uncertain and downward moving fiscal environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Total tuition and mandatory fees for incoming resident undergraduate students starting on the Flagstaff campus in the fall of 2016 will be $10,764, with the base tuition guaranteed for four years.\u00a0Graduate student tuition will increase 4.3 percent for residents and 3.6 percent for nonresidents. The subscription rate for Personalized Learning increases\u00a0from $2,500 to $3,000 per six-month period.<\/p>\n

Regent Bill Ridenour<\/strong> commended NAU for keeping the tuition increase to a minimum.\u00a0He said the approved proposal\u00a0is “bare bones” and does not provide enough revenue for all that is needed at NAU, given the deferment of capital expenditures resulting from state budget cuts.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0approved proposal includes a mandatory $5 increase per credit hour for information technology, which\u00a0will standardize technology in all classrooms,\u00a0increase tech support for students, improve management of facility space and boost data security\u00a0initiatives. More than 350\u00a0course fees were\u00a0eliminated, including many related to supporting information technology needs in different departments.<\/p>\n

The regents\u00a0also approved a metric to measure bachelor’s degrees<\/a> awarded in four years to Arizona community college transfer students, one of 13\u00a0overarching performance metrics to drive\u00a0increases in educational attainment. Board officers for the 2016-17 year were elected Thursday<\/a>, with Regent Greg Patterson<\/strong> assuming the role of chair in July.<\/p>\n

The ABOR news\u00a0release on all three universities’ tuition and fee proposals is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Arizona University’s tuition and fee proposal\u00a0for 2016-17\u00a0was unanimously approved\u00a0by the Arizona Board of Regents this week in Tucson. The\u00a0proposal includes no tuition increases for 96 percent of continuing Flagstaff undergraduate students on\u00a0the Pledge program. \u201cWe’ve balanced state support with accessibility and affordability,” said NAU President Rita Cheng. “We listened to the benefits our Pledge…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":42888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}