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This proposal suggests merging and adjusting the varying advising fee rates paid by UTSA students to align with costs and improve service quality. The current revenue and expenditure breakdown, along with the need for a uniform fee rate and additional funding, are outlined to enhance advising services and support student success.
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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to Charge all Students the Same • Advising fee was last increased Summer 2006 • Cost analyses to justify fee rates are no longer valid; services are subsidized with E&G budget • Goal to bring Student to Advisor Ratio to 300:1 (currently at 320:1)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