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Proposal to Consolidate and Revise Advising Fee. UTSA students pay 8 different Advising fee rates: Freshmen & Undeclared $ 102 College of Business 95 College of Engineering 91
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Proposal to Consolidate and Revise Advising Fee • UTSA students pay 8 different Advising fee rates: • Freshmen & Undeclared $ 102 • College of Business 95 • College of Engineering 91 • College of Public Policy 90 • College of Education & Human Dvlpmt 87 • College of Liberal & Fine Arts 83 • College of Sciences 82 • College of Architecture 80
Other Services from Advising fee (transfers) • University Health Professions Office $ 179,340 • Honors Program Advising 201,263 • Testing Center 248,795 • Downtown Advising Center 432,867 • Undergraduate Studies 533,908 • International Student Advising 189,878 TOTAL $1,786,051
Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate and to Charge all Students the Same • Advising fee was last increased Summer 2006 • Cost analyses to justify fee rates are no longer valid; services are subsidized with E&G budget • Goal to bring Student to Advisor Ratio to 300:1 (currently at 320:1)
Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate and to Charge all Students the Same • In addition to cost containment, new funding is required to: • eliminate the subsidy • implement GRIP Solutions: • Career ladder for advisors • Add new advisors • Net estimated requirements = $1,700,000
Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate and to Charge all Students the Same • Creating one fee and one rate paid by all students will: • Simplify the fee structure • Provide flexibility for Academic Affairs to manage advising fee budgets and allocate funding to meet critical needs and demands for services • New fee rate to meet estimated incremental revenue requirements = $120 per student