University of Wyoming students will pay more in fees starting next year to help fund advising and other services at the school.
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CASPER – University of Wyoming students will pay more in fees starting next year to help fund advising and other services at the school.
The university’s Board of Trustees approved the program fee increase Thursday. The new fees will have an average cost of about $450 per student each school year and are expected to bring in an additional $4.5 million in revenue annually, according to the university. The money will fund advising, as well as various academic programs, as UW works to move into a future of tighter budgets.
The new fee structure also “simplifies” the previous fee structure, which included more than 140 different such costs, according to a UW press release.
Ben Wetzel, president of the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming, praised the move.
“(O)ver half of this proposal is not new fees, but rather combining already existing fees into one simple place and adding transparency for students,” he said in an email. “Even though increasing fees at all is sometimes unpopular, there are a lot of benefits that come with program fees.”
He said one benefit was a “course guarantee,” meaning that, for instance, “If a chemistry class can hold 100 students, and you’re the 101st student, the University guarantees they will find a new time and location to offer the classes you need.”
The fees, which include a $6 advising cost per credit hour, are broken down by college:
• Engineering, $31 per credit hour;
• Business, $26 per credit hour;