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BOT approves
increase in tuition, fees
NC State’s Board of Trustees voted at its Nov. 18 meeting to raise tuition by $325 for all students, and to increase student fees by $90.60 for the 2006-07 academic year.
The increases fell within guidelines set by the University of North Carolina system’s Board of Governors (BOG), which had set a tuition and fee increase cap for each of its 16 member institutions. NC State’s cap was $451. Still, the BOG must formally approve NC State’s increase.
Chancellor James L. Oblinger recommended the increases based on input from campus tuition and fee committees and a public meeting on the issue held in October. He told the board that the increases were necessary to maintain NC State’s high quality of education in the face of continuing cuts in state appropriations that now total $45 million over the past 10 years.
The recommended increases would raise undergraduate in-state tuition and fees to $4,753, a 9.6 percent increase over 2005-06 costs. However, the $4,753 would still leave NC State’s total as the lowest among the 16 universities considered peers.
The increases are expected to generate around $8.1 million. Of that total, 45 percent will be allocated to need-based financial aid, at least 22.5 percent will be used to provide access and enhancements to academic programs, another 22.5 percent will be targeted toward improving faculty and staff salaries, and 10 percent will be earmarked for the Graduate Student Support Plan.
Before voting to approve the increases, the board heard public comments from a number of people, including several students who opposed the plan. The trustees thanked the students for their input and their participation in the process.
Posted Dec. 9, 2005
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