2008 Woodie Awards
Increased fees impact Cal State-Sacramento
Tom Hall & Jaclyn Schultz--The State Hornet (California State U.-Sacramento)
Issue date: 9/8/03 Section: Campus Life
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(U-WIRE) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Thanks to the largest budget deficit in state history, California higher education now feels the pinch for cash more than ever before.
And that won't just mean more tuition from students enrolled in California State University at Sacramento: It means less accessibility for prospective CSU students to enter Sacramento State and may mean less teachers and classes for current students.
Faced with cuts of $345.2 million for its 2003-04 budget, the CSU Board of Trustees passed a fee increase of 30 percent in July, tagging an extra $474 onto undergraduate fees and $522 for graduate fees for Sac State students, effective this fall semester. Students who haven't paid the difference of the increase will be post-billed.
The increase came on the heels of a mid-term 10 percent hike thrown at students last December. Since then, tuition for Sac State students has been raised $618 per year -- over 43 percent.
The budget cuts are also directly related to the recently enforced enrollment caps placed on admission for the 2003 to 2004 year, said Jim Chopyak, president of the California Faculty Association.
Sac State's enrollment was managed primarily through setting much earlier deadlines for students applying for fall 2003.
The set enrollment target for the 2003-2004 academic year also meant turning away new student applications for spring 2004 from first-time freshmen, lower division transfers and second bachelor's or unclassified graduate students.
More than 30,000 students applying to attend CSU campuses for the spring 2004 semester will be denied, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed said.
"It's a big change from the past, where sometimes we would exceed targets and would receive extra funds," Chopyak said. "It's been made very clear that we cannot get extra money."
Though overall enrollment hasn't decreased, new student enrollment has decreased about 4 percent due to the enrollment strategies implemented, said Ric Brown, vice president for academic affairs.
And that won't just mean more tuition from students enrolled in California State University at Sacramento: It means less accessibility for prospective CSU students to enter Sacramento State and may mean less teachers and classes for current students.
Faced with cuts of $345.2 million for its 2003-04 budget, the CSU Board of Trustees passed a fee increase of 30 percent in July, tagging an extra $474 onto undergraduate fees and $522 for graduate fees for Sac State students, effective this fall semester. Students who haven't paid the difference of the increase will be post-billed.
The increase came on the heels of a mid-term 10 percent hike thrown at students last December. Since then, tuition for Sac State students has been raised $618 per year -- over 43 percent.
The budget cuts are also directly related to the recently enforced enrollment caps placed on admission for the 2003 to 2004 year, said Jim Chopyak, president of the California Faculty Association.
Sac State's enrollment was managed primarily through setting much earlier deadlines for students applying for fall 2003.
The set enrollment target for the 2003-2004 academic year also meant turning away new student applications for spring 2004 from first-time freshmen, lower division transfers and second bachelor's or unclassified graduate students.
More than 30,000 students applying to attend CSU campuses for the spring 2004 semester will be denied, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed said.
"It's a big change from the past, where sometimes we would exceed targets and would receive extra funds," Chopyak said. "It's been made very clear that we cannot get extra money."
Though overall enrollment hasn't decreased, new student enrollment has decreased about 4 percent due to the enrollment strategies implemented, said Ric Brown, vice president for academic affairs.