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UTM tuition hikes outlined; other action taken by board

UTM tuition hikes outlined; other action taken by board

Posted: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:00 pm

The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a 7 percent instate tuition increase for students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin effective for the 2009 fall semester. The approval came during the board’s annual meeting this week in Knoxville.
Instate tuition and fees, including the new tuition rate, will now cost undergraduate students $2,885 per semester to attend UT-Martin. Full-time undergraduate enrollment is a minimum of 12 hours. Out-of-state undergraduate tuition will increase 7 percent. Total cost will be $8,578 per semester.
“We have worked carefully to make strategic decisions leading to the 7 percent tuition increase,” said Dr. Tom Rakes, UT-Martin chancellor. The increase will enable UT Martin to maintain a high level of quality in academic programs and student services while still holding tuition levels below many public and private institutions in the nation.”
Tuition for instate graduate students at UT-Martin will increase by 7 percent. Total cost for instate graduate students will be $3,329 per semester this fall. Out-of-state graduate tuition will increase 7 percent. Total cost for out-of-state graduate students will be $9,022 per semester. Full-time graduate enrollment is nine hours per semester.
Other actions involving UT Martin included the following.
• An academic enrichment fee in the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources was approved for students taking specific courses. Fee amounts will be $20 for selected courses.
• The UT Online course fee was increased by $10 to $56 to support increasing costs for online courses.
• UT Martin was approved to implement a previously approved $103 per semester debt service fee beginning this fall to support the new Student Recreation Center.
• Consolidation of six academic areas with existing programs was approved. Included are Geology and Geography merging into the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources; Physics merging into the Department of Chemistry and Physics; Political Science merging into the Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Political Science; Computer Science and Information Systems merging into the Department of Management, Marketing, Computer Science and Information Systems; Psychology merging with Sociology, Criminal Justice and Social Work into the Department of Behavioral Sciences; and Modern Foreign Languages merging into the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages.
• Discontinuation of the bachelor of science with a major in health sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences, as recommended by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and campus administration, was approved.
• A capital project was approved to repair wind-damaged Paul Meek Library soffits with funding from capital maintenance savings and insurance proceeds.
Published in The Messenger 6.19.09