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Jan. 21, 2010

CONTACT:    Gary Barnes, vice president for business and finance, 806-651-2095, gbarnes@wtamu.edu
                      Dr. Don Albrecht, vice president for student affairs, 806-651-2050, dalbrecht@wtamu.edu

COPY BY:     Rana McDonald, 806-651-2129, rmcdonald@wtamu.edu

Hearings Scheduled to Discuss Proposed Designated Tuition Increase

CANYON, Texas—Officials at West Texas A&M University have scheduled three public hearings to address a proposed increase in designated tuition for the 2010-2011 academic year.

The first hearing is at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25 at the Amarillo Center, Room 1003. The remaining two hearings will be at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Jack B. Kelley Student Center, Legends.

Designated tuition is a general use fee authorized by the Texas Education Code that universities use as part of a student’s total tuition costs. The University will seek authority from The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents at its May meeting to increase what WTAMU charges for designated tuition.

WTAMU is not alone in seeking an increase in designated tuition; most state universities are looking at similar proposals.

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WTAMU Web on 4.27.2010

Your tuition dollars at West Texas A&M University do NOT go to "vanity projects." State appropriations to WTAMU, among many other state institutions, are decreasing dramatically. The options available are few. Increase tuition or increase enrollment. WTAMU is attempting to do both. Most of the on-campus building projects are projects that have been voted on by students and approved by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents. And most of these projects are aimed at increasing enrollment, i.e. new residence halls, Buffalo Sports Park, etc. A "vanity project" such as the Hayward Spirit Tower, was built with funds, in this case donated by Jack and Helen Hayward, for the sole purpose of building the clock tower. Since they were giving the money to WT, they decided to what use they wanted it to be put. The last thing anyone wants is for higher education to become detrimentally unaffordable, but no one wants to lose the high quality of education offered at WT. This is why there are public hearings, to discuss options and to look at it from every vantage point.

Monica Martinez on 4.24.2010

I believe that the increase of designated tuition will be detrimental to the continued success for many students. In an economy as unstable as ours we shouldn't raise prices because it is already hard enough to maintain our status as students as it is. It will be sad when students are unable to continue their education because of vanity changes our university is making causing our prices to go up. I hope this is well thought out from every vantage point.