{"id":4840,"date":"2007-12-07T14:02:34","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T21:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=4840"},"modified":"2012-11-14T10:49:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T17:49:19","slug":"regents-approve-guaranteed-tuition-health-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/regents-approve-guaranteed-tuition-health-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Regents approve guaranteed tuition, health fee"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday approved Northern Arizona University’s first-ever “block tuition<\/a>” plan that locks in tuition for four years for new full-time freshmen and transfer students.<\/p>\n

Beginning with the fall 2008 semester, new in-state freshmen and transfer students will pay an annual tuition of $5,145, which is 12 percent more than current in-state tuition. That tuition rate would remain the same for the following three years. New out-of-state freshmen and transfer students would pay $16,243 per year, which is 14 percent more than current out-of-state tuition. The out-of-state tuition rate also is guaranteed for the next three years.<\/p>\n

The regents also approved NAU’s\u00a0health and wellness fee<\/a>\u00a0that would be phased in over four years. The fee had received widespread student support.<\/p>\n

The block tuition not only brings predictability to planning for college expenses but also encourages students to stay at Northern Arizona University and graduate, said NAU President\u00a0John Haeger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Students have enormous incentive to finish in four years,” he said.<\/p>\n

Continuing students<\/a>\u00a0will see tuition at a rate 7 percent above current tuition. This tuition rate would apply to continuing in-state, out-of-state, undergraduate and graduate students at the Flagstaff campus as well as graduate students and non-resident undergraduates at statewide sites.<\/p>\n

The university asked for a 5 percent increase for new and continuing resident undergraduate students at the university’s\u00a0statewide sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This tuition proposal is about the quality of the institution and the quality of the degrees that students receive,” Haeger told the regents.<\/p>\n

The health and wellness fee, endorsed by the Associated Students of NAU and supported in a campuswide student survey, will improve the delivery of health and recreation services. This includes construction of a new health and wellness center and significant expansion of recreational facilities and fields.<\/p>\n

Students currently pay a $40 per semester health and recreation fee. The approved plan will increase that semester fee by $25 in fall 2008. The subsequent per semester increases will be $80 in fall 2009, $65 in fall 2010 and $40 in fall 2011.<\/p>\n

The fee will provide for additional health-care staffing; five new recreational fields with artificial turfs, lights and restrooms; improvements to the Fieldhouse recreational facilities; construction of 26,500 feet of space for weight and fitness use; and construction of a 42,600-square-foot addition to the Recreation Center. The facility will replace the university’s 40-year-old health center and become a Recreation, Health and Wellness Center, providing physical health, mental health, rehabilitation and recreational services.<\/p>\n

“Academic success is related to the health and wellness of the student body,” Haeger told the regents.<\/p>\n

In addition to the tuition increase, the regents voted to increase from 14 percent to 15 percent the amount of resident undergraduate tuition that is set aside by universities for need-based financial aid for the 2008-09 academic year.<\/p>\n

The regents’ votes on university tuition and mandatory fees followed considerable discussion about whether tuition levels should be set contingent upon a requested level of funding from the state.<\/p>\n

Some regents expressed concern that such a strategy could be interpreted as the regents abdicating their tuition-setting responsibility. Some regents also were concerned about the predicted lean budget year for the state of Arizona.<\/p>\n

In the end the regents approved all three university tuition proposals.<\/p>\n

In other action, the regents approved NAU’s request to increase its graduate student matriculation fee from $10 to $25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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