“Two percent is going to faculty staff, one percent is going to the libraries and one percent is going to academic retention,” Balogun said. “Over all that four percent generates two million dollars,” Balogun said.
ASUW continued the task of deciding whether or not to support a tuition increase on Tuesday, following second readings of three senate resolutions.
The resolution involving the tuition increase, Senate Resolution No. 2440, was not voted on at the meeting. The vote is currently scheduled for next week’s meeting.
“The resolution states ASUW’s stance on the tuition policy, pretty much it is proposing guidelines for the policy and regulating the policy,” Ahmed Balogun, ASUW president, said.
Balogun said that the tuition increase is going to faculty and other UW institutions.
“Our resolution has no official bearing on what the board of trustees will do, it is a recommendation and the discussion on the resolution was postponed till next week,” Ryan said.
“Two percent is going to faculty staff, one percent is going to the libraries and one percent is going to academic retention,” Balogun said. “Over all that four percent generates two million dollars,” Balogun said.
Chris Ryan, ASUW director of governmental affairs said that the focus of the resolution is to gain insight into what senators think of the increase.
“Our resolution is simply to get a senate perspective, so when President Balogun who has an ex-officio in the board of trustees goes, he is not arguing his own perspective, he is arguing the senate perspective who argue the student perspective,” Ryan said.
Ryan mentioned that the senate resolution is just a recommendation and has no official bearing on what the board of trustees will decide to do about the increase.
“Our resolution has no official bearing on what the board of trustees will do, it is a recommendation and the discussion on the resolution was postponed till next week,” Ryan said.
The bill itself proposes regular review of the increase, which will start at four percent.
“The senate resolution supports a system of a four percent annual baseline that will be reevaluated, as President Balogun said, every four years and the authors believe that the university needs more money to function.”
Ryan stated that the four percent increase in tuition would not go to the same departments every year.
“That will change every year, so it wont go to the same place,” Ryan said. “It could go to the same place every year but doesn’t have to go to the same places every year.”
