Selkirk College Tuition Fee Review

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Selkirk College Tuition Fee Review

• Survey Results

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Survey Results

• Survey was conducted during the month of November
  2002
• 35 responses
• 25 staff
• 9 students
• 1 not identified

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Survey Results
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Survey Results
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Survey Results
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Survey Results
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Survey Results
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Survey Results
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Guiding Principles - Comparability

• Summary
• Preferable to draw system comparisons on a
  program basis rather than on a unit basis (per
  contact hour)
• Tuition fees for distance education offerings
  should be comparable within the institution
• Difficult to maintain system comparability on a
  program by program basis and internal
  comparability on a per unit basis
• Driven by varying program lengths

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Guiding Principles - Affordability

• Summary
• Student loans should be available for distance
  students
• Students expressed some feelings that our tuition
  should be lower because they cant afford to go
  elsewhere and our programming is not at 3rd and
  4th year levels
• Students and staff expressed the need for
  government to contribute their fair share

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Guiding Principles Reinvestment in Access and
Quality for Students

• Summary
• Currents students should see the benefits
• Effective communication is required to ensure
  students are aware of this reinvestment
• Resources should be invested in the core
  programming and learner supports in the
  institution

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Guiding Principles Program Delivery Costs

• Summary
• Program costs should be considered to the extent
  that program tuition fees remain comparable
• Program costs are expensive and the increase in
  these costs should not be passed directly onto
  students
• Cost controls should be in place
• Program budgets should be increased in relation
  to the added fees for some programs
• Student fundraising should be used to override
  fees

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Guiding Principles Keep It Simple in Approach

• Summary
• The supplementary fees add to the complexity of
  the fee structure and its application
• The fee structure should not be so simple that is
  no longer fair