Student Government Association on September 22<\/a>, a slight increase in rates for tuition, housing, and dining is likely for the 2023-24 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe increases are a result of a decrease in enrollment and rising inflation. This news was given to SGA by FHSU Vice President for Administration and Finance Wesley Wintch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTuition goes towards the general operations of the university,\u201d Wintch said in an interview with Tiger Media Network. \u201cThat\u2019s the salaries of the professors, paying the custodians to keep it clean, and paying the electricity bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, Wintch also mentioned several other expenses paid for by a student\u2019s tuition, such as heating and classroom technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With enrollment numbers down five to six percent, the university will be looking to receive more money from state tax dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a section of our budget that is funded by tax dollars,\u201d Wintch said. \u201cThat section can go up and down given what\u2019s going on in Topeka. Part of my job is to go to the legislature and explain why they should give us more or less money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Wintch, the state budget office has already received information explaining the decrease in enrollment and added pressures from rising inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re asking the taxpayers of Kansas to help fund the university a little bit more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wintch is hoping this money will help keep the increase in tuition small. The exact increase amount is unknown and will remain unknown until May when the Kansas Board of Regents hears the university\u2019s suggestion and decides what the tuition rate will be. However, rates for housing and dining will be set in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RJ Schnack, director of Residential Life spoke to TMN about what housing and dining money goes towards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have an auxiliary budget,\u201d he said. \u201cThat means all of our funding comes from dining and rooms. That\u2019s how I pay my staff, pay for electricity and gas, and pay for the buildings.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schnack also discussed how a decrease in enrollment and an increase in inflation affect housing and dining, the main effect being the delay of several projects. For example, the apartments in Stadium Place need new air conditioning units and roof repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOther bigger projects we have coming down the line also have to be pushed back,\u201d Schnack added. \u201cWhen we push them back, inflation goes up, so the budget for what we thought the projects were going to be are now much higher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like tuition, the increases in housing and dining rates are expected to be small. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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