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Items tabled at Tech Board of Regents' March meeting
By: Leah Cooper, Staff Writer
Issue date: 3/28/08 Section: News
The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents will meet for a special session Saturday, March 29 to further examine the requests to increase tuition and fees for the Texas Tech and Angelo State Universities.
This item, along with others, were tabled until the Board's meeting May 8 and 9 because of a sequencing issue preventing immediate approval of the recommendations. The special session was initiated in order to set a maximum "ceiling" of tuition and fees before students start registering for classes on April 8.
"There is a state law that says once students start to register for classes, the institution can only charge them tuition and fees that are approved as of that date," President Joseph C. Rallo said. "In order for the university to raise fees, even if it's a penny, it has to be done before the students register. So that's why this meeting is being held March 29. As long as we meet the April deadline, [the increases] will be in place this fall."
The Board also tabled the request for a College of Nursing and Allied Health, which would include the Department of Physical Therapy, until the May meeting. The initial cost of the project is estimated at $235,000 to cover executive and administrative salaries and other associative spending.
Dr. Grady Blount, Dean of College of Sciences, said that the request for this new college is "literally the tip of the iceberg" compared to the new degree opportunities it will create for the students.
The goal of this college is "to create a new academic unit with an unambiguous dedication to health care, health sciences and health careers," Blount said.
The request for a new facility for the college, with an estimated project cost of $44,250,000 and annual operating cost of $350,000, is also pending approval.
"My working assumption is that when the new program comes online," Dr. Rallo said, "which will combine will more nurses and doctoral program in physical therapy, we will see an influx in donations. The hospitals realize by helping us they get helped."
Lloyd Norris, along with his wife Sheri and two daughters Angela and Chancey, presented a $1.1 million gift to establish ASU's first endowed chair in International Business. One hundred thousand dollars of the money will go to support the baseball program. The Norris Family Chair is also ASU's first endowed chair at the million dollar level, which is considered a standard to most universities.
"The Norris family is the first chair and I think sets a wonderful example," Dr. Rallo said. "It is a great way for them to give back to the institution that helped them get where they were going."
Dr. Rallo is looking at other donors and is optimistic to see more gifts come forward.
This item, along with others, were tabled until the Board's meeting May 8 and 9 because of a sequencing issue preventing immediate approval of the recommendations. The special session was initiated in order to set a maximum "ceiling" of tuition and fees before students start registering for classes on April 8.
"There is a state law that says once students start to register for classes, the institution can only charge them tuition and fees that are approved as of that date," President Joseph C. Rallo said. "In order for the university to raise fees, even if it's a penny, it has to be done before the students register. So that's why this meeting is being held March 29. As long as we meet the April deadline, [the increases] will be in place this fall."
Request for New College
The Board also tabled the request for a College of Nursing and Allied Health, which would include the Department of Physical Therapy, until the May meeting. The initial cost of the project is estimated at $235,000 to cover executive and administrative salaries and other associative spending.
Dr. Grady Blount, Dean of College of Sciences, said that the request for this new college is "literally the tip of the iceberg" compared to the new degree opportunities it will create for the students.
The goal of this college is "to create a new academic unit with an unambiguous dedication to health care, health sciences and health careers," Blount said.
The request for a new facility for the college, with an estimated project cost of $44,250,000 and annual operating cost of $350,000, is also pending approval.
"My working assumption is that when the new program comes online," Dr. Rallo said, "which will combine will more nurses and doctoral program in physical therapy, we will see an influx in donations. The hospitals realize by helping us they get helped."
$1.1 Million Gift from Norris Family
Lloyd Norris, along with his wife Sheri and two daughters Angela and Chancey, presented a $1.1 million gift to establish ASU's first endowed chair in International Business. One hundred thousand dollars of the money will go to support the baseball program. The Norris Family Chair is also ASU's first endowed chair at the million dollar level, which is considered a standard to most universities.
"The Norris family is the first chair and I think sets a wonderful example," Dr. Rallo said. "It is a great way for them to give back to the institution that helped them get where they were going."
Dr. Rallo is looking at other donors and is optimistic to see more gifts come forward.
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A Parent
posted 3/28/08 @ 8:37 PM CST
As a prospective payer of my child's tuition this coming fall, I am not at all happy about a tuition increase. It seems to me the state legislature opened up the greed machine when they decided to deregulate their involvement in making college affordable. (Continued…)
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