TOTAL TUITION & FEE INCREASE LIMITED
TO 5 PERCENT FOR UHS RESIDENT UNDERGRADS
University of Houston System Board of Regents Approves Rates for
Fall Semester of 2005
HOUSTON, April 6, 2005 – The University of Houston System
Board of Regents has approved an increase of approximately 5 percent
in total tuition and fee costs for resident undergraduate students
for the fall semester of 2005.
The increases vary from university to university within the system.
At the University of Houston, a resident undergraduate taking
12 semester hours will pay about $126 more in overall costs –
a 5 percent increase. At UH-Clear Lake, with a 4.5 percent increase,
a student taking 12 hours will pay about $82 more. At UH-Downtown,
with a 4.9 percent increase, the cost will go up $78. And at UH-Victoria,
with a 5 percent increase, the cost will rise $84.
“This increase balances our obligation to keep higher education
affordable with our commitment to improve the quality of that education,”
said Jay Gogue, chancellor of the UH System and president of UH.
“We’re hopeful the Texas Legislature will allocate the
appropriate level of funding to allow us to continue doing that.”
The Texas Legislature is in session and working on an appropriations
bill to fund state universities.
In 2003, state universities were given the authority to set their
own General Designated Tuition rates. However, the legislature still
sets the Statutory Tuition rate and previously scheduled a $2 per
credit hour increase for the fall semester of 2005. The UH System
has incorporated that amount into its 5 percent increase in total
tuition and fees for resident undergraduate students.
“Our Board and System leadership have worked very hard to
keep tuition at a reasonable level for our students,” said
Morgan Dunn O'Connor, chair of the UH System Board of Regents. “This
is important not only for our students whose lives are improved
greatly with a college education, but it is also equally critical
for the state of Texas to increase the number of college-educated
citizens to lead us in the future.”
Each UH System university conducted its own public meetings in
which students, faculty and administrators had the opportunity to
comment on the proposed increases. An open forum also was presented
at the beginning of today’s special UHS Board of Regents meeting.
At UH, the increase in General Designated Tuition will not be charged
for undergraduate education courses to encourage students to pursue
a teaching certificate. Likewise, the increase will not be charged
for certain core courses offered on Saturdays to support greater
use of university facilities during off-peak hours. UH offered similar
exemptions last year.
For more information about the UHS Board of Regents, visit http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/regents/.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
The University of Houston System is the state’s only metropolitan
higher education system, encompassing four universities and two
multi-institution teaching centers. The universities are the University
of Houston, a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive
research university; the University of Houston-Downtown, a four-year
undergraduate university beginning limited expansion into graduate
programs; and the University of Houston-Clear Lake and the University
of Houston-Victoria, both upper division and master’s-level
institutions. The centers are the UH System at Sugar Land in Fort
Bend and the UH System at Cinco Ranch. In addition, the UH System
includes KUHF-FM, Houston’s National Public Radio and classical
radio station, and KUHT-TV, the nation’s first educational
television station.
For more information about UH visit the universitys
Newsroom at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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