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Student Regent Arliegh Cayanan was the only regent who opposed the tuition increase.
The tuition increase aims to provide the university with additional funding in the form of tuition waivers to support students’ mental health and “basic needs,” according to the Board of Regents agenda.
Mary Jo Gonzales, WSU vice president of Student Affairs, said university general health and mental health services vary depending on campus, but they hope to increase access to resources.
WSU is trying to pursue a way to create equity within the system. The university has been working on a system-wide effort to provide students with telehealth and telemental health services, Gonzales said.
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Washington State University proposes 2.5% tuition increase for upcoming school year By Greg Mason, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane
Published: May 7, 2021, 9:41am
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Washington State University is proposing a 2.5% tuition increase for all undergraduate and graduate students for the coming school year.
For undergraduates, the change would equate to an additional $255 per year (from $10,202 to $10,457) for Washington residents and $628 for out-of-state residents (from $25,145 to $25,773). For graduate students, tuition would go up $295 per year for state residents ($11,781 to $12,076) and $647 ($25,879 to $26,526) for out-of-staters. Residents and nonresidents attending WSU’s Global campus, meanwhile, are facing increases of between $255 and $295 per year.
A Faculty Senate member urged GPSA Senate to contact WSU’s student regent to oppose the proposal diverting $2-3 million annually from unappropriated funds to combat WSU Athletics’ debt crisis during a meeting Monday.
Von Walden, professor and Faculty Senate member, said WSU Athletics struggled to pay debts attributed to the football program’s stadium and facility upgrades for about a decade. WSU Athletics has taken out numerous “internal loans” from other university departments in an attempt to combat an increasing annual debt of $8-10 million.
WSU Athletics now owes around $120 million in internal loans on top of its other loan, which the department will not pay off until 2039. He said WSU administrators hope the $2-3 million in diverted funds will help WSU Athletics pay off its loan, but the money does nothing to pay back other university departments for internal loans.