Saturday, June 26, 1999
Miami U tuition rise may be 6%
BY SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
OXFORD — Miami University trustees Friday approved tuition and fee increases of up to 6 percent, citing pressing technology and salary needs at a time when the share of state help has dropped.
For 16,200 undergraduate students, mostly at the Oxford campus, the hikes will range between 5.5 percent and 6 percent for the 1999-2000 school year. Trustees will make a final decision after reviewing the state budget, university spokesman Richard Little said.
Tuition has climbed by about 6 percent each year for the past three years, he said. The last year without a tuition boost was 1979-80. The university has historically been the most expensive of Ohio's state-supported institutions.
Students need to share more of the burden of their education because the state's portion has dropped, Mr. Little said.
In the school year that ended this spring, state dollars made up 24 percent of the $309 million budget. In the mid-1980s, its share made up half the budget. Trustees are waiting to calculate the state's share of Miami's expected $325 million budget, which they will approve in September, Mr. Little said.
For in-state students, a 6 percent increase would raise tuition and fees by $346 to $6,072 for the year. For out-of-state students, tuition and fees would go up by 3 percent to $12,726. Students in two-year programs would see no change.
About 1,400 graduate students will face a 5.5 percent increase, to $6,174, Mr. Little said.
The increases were needed, Mr. Little said, to pay for more financial aid, technology and better salaries.
Trustees approved a 3 percent salary increase for 2,500 faculty and staff, at a cost of about $3 million. They will pay an additional $1 million for select faculty and staff members' salaries.
On average, full-time professors make $72,000 a year while assistant professors make $42,000, he said.
The trustees agreed to bump up student aid by $750,000 and technology expenses by $950,000.
Fifth-year student Adam Rinderle, 21, a creative writing major from Anderson Township, said: “I don't appreciate any tuition increases from a university that has as much money as Miami does. My actual tuition comes from government loans, but eventually I will be paying that off plus interest.”
Trustees also granted permission for juniors to have cars on the Oxford campus during a two-year trial period.
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