The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-01-23
ND. BOARDDOWERS
SCALE FOR TUITION I.
ORDERED RECENTLY
Charges For 0ut-of- State Stud
ents in State Schools Cut
Considerably
ACTION FOLLOWS PROTESTS
Reciprocity, Particularly With
Minnesota, Made Basis
For New Move

The state board OF admiuistrati orI
Saturday modified its recent ruling b1
which nonresident tuition fees al
state institutions of higher learnind
were increased.
Under the modified fee scheduled
to go into effect next September, out
of-state students now enrolled at thd
schools are not affected by the ind
creased fees.
The new schedule calls for q nonl
resident fee of $l2o year for non.|
resident students entering the Uniyer.|
Islty OF North Dakota law school. sI61
Tor the medical school, and sl08 q veal
Tor all other departments at the Unit
verSity and Agricultural college. AN
Inc i've state teacher colleges. thd|
lees are to be SIC a year.
These nonresident fees will inc,ud1
Inc regular incidental and student ac1
tlvltles fees OF the university and art
cultural college. and the regular reeis.
tration fees charged by the teacher
colleges.
Science School Different
Action on the increase in fees ar.
dered for the State School Of sciencs
at Wahpeton was deferred until ~
matter could be studied further. Board
members said the school presents p
different problem than other institu1
lions. as no other surrounding stata
mas state vocational school. Under
the boards previous ruling the In
crease in fees for the science school
was placed on the same level as teach-|
erS colleges.
Under the original ruling Of the
board, nonresident fees were set az
$500 at the University and Agricultur1
al college, and 5000 at the Teachers
colleges, In addition to the REGULAR
fees.
Reciprocity Is made the besss sor|
modification of the fees, Nelson aau-|
vain. chairman Of the board Of ~
ministration, said.
After the adoption Of increased
nonresident fees early this month, q
Sauvain stated, 'the board Of admins
istration was urged to modify thu feed
ana not to make any increase oper-
alive for students now enrolled In our
state institutions.
Encouraged Expressions
During the discussion we have en-.
couraged the sending Of expressions
on the subject to us. We have prom
lsed to give due attention to all such
communications. Consequently we|
have had conferences on the subject
and have received q number of pro-|
tests. requests, and expressions Cd
various kinds. pro and con.
Many Of these are OF a NEGATIVE
nature only, protesting against exces1
sive fees and showing what INJURED
such charges might cause to non-res-
tdent students and our institutional
without suggesting any plan for i'm
proving the present schedule. Other
stressed suggestions relative to whad
might be done with fairness to all
concerned In connection with q revi-
sion OF these fees; and these empha-
sized mainly that due consideration
should be given to the practice Of REL
ciprocity towards other states In thid
matter. In fact, most Of the con-
structive comment received was re-
lated to this principle, and each mem.
Der OF the board has given careful at-
tention to this phase OF the subject
with the result that we have come I'd
make reciprocity the basis for modi-
fication.
Fees Show Variation
"A study Of the fees charged non.
resident students in the various state
revealed that there is great VARIETY
Of fees charged. and that the totald
OF these fees in the various states diff
fer greatly. Some Of the fees ard
known as library. health, incidental
tuition, registration, associated stu-
dents. activities, nonresident, hospi-
tai, student union, extra -curricularl
and 50 forth. The totals Of these feed
charged out-of-state students are
after all. the only important basis for|
comparison; for In any state, the stu
dent must pay the sum Of the fees|
charged him by that state, regardlesa
OF how they are distributed UNDER
different heads. As examples OF some
Of these totals, we might mention the
state universities of the foIlowiugI
states: Montana. $145.50; Idaho. $685.
Oregon, $238.75: Wyoming, $40 so:
South Dakota, $l24.50: Minnesota,
$l08; Missouri. $40: Iowa, $l36: Kan
sas, go; Nebraska, $3.50: wisconsin,
$255: Illinois, SIS. North Dakota haz|
been charging SIS.
AS most Of our exchange Of non
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