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Trustees Michael Marsh, Edward Ferkany and Valerie Newell (shown left to right) examine the new BGSU Marching Band uniform modeled by Ryan Nowlin at the May 7 board meeting.

Trustees set tuition, fees, compensation

While BGSU, predicting a $2.6 million reduction in state funding, will raise tuition and fees for the coming academic year, University budget administrators have kept the increase below the maximum allowed by the state.

Bowling Green trustees on Friday (May 7) approved a 9 percent tuition increase for students on the main campus for academic year 2004-05, below the state cap of 9.9 percent. Three percent of the 9 percent increase for all main-campus groups is targeted to support of need-based financial aid and improved technology services for students.

The overall fiscal year 2004-05 budget of $327.7 million approved by the trustees comprises a $231.1 million educational budget and a $96.6 million auxiliary and general fee budget.

Revenue in the educational budget increases 4.4 percent, largely from student fee income, offsetting the 3.5 percent drop in state funding from last year. Expense increases include the costs of improving technology services to students, higher utility expenses, and rising health care costs, according to Christopher Dalton, senior vice president for finance and administration.

In its ongoing commitment to making a college education attainable to all qualified students, the University will expand again the higher levels of financial aid it implemented last year. This year’s budget includes another $5.5 million for financial aid—a 15 percent increase—with $1.8 million targeted to need-based aid for low-income graduate students.

“Though we have to raise these fees in order to keep the doors open, with this additional financial aid it is our hope and desire that we’re not foreclosing anyone from obtaining an education,” said Trustee Michael Marsh.

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