1. UTSA Tuition & Fee Proposal

2. What is the Tuition & Fee Proposal?
• Process for requesting increases to deregulated tuition and mandatory fee rates for Board of Regents approval
• Faculty and student committee reviews proposed rates for two-year period, resulting in a recommendation to the President
• Biennial process for setting deregulated tuition and fee rates
• A group of representative students and faculty are appointed to review and discuss the tuition and fee rates proposed for the upcoming two-year period
- Rates will cover academic years 2013 and 2014
- Each UT System institution follows the same guidelines

3. General Principles Set by UT System
Increases to undergraduates must be tied to a specific & detailed plan for improving 4 Year graduation rates
Increases for graduate students must be cost-justified
• Increases in total undergraduate academic costs will not be approved except if limited and tied to a detailed plan for shortening student time to degree and improving four-year graduation rates
• Consideration may be given to plans which justify limited increases in total academic costs for graduate students

4. Proposal Assumptions Consultative Open and transparent Comprehensive
Strategic
Frugal
Consultative. The campus community should be involved throughout the process.
Open and transparent. Interested parties should had access to the information used in determining tuition and fee rates.
Comprehensive. Proposals must take into consideration flexible tuition and mandatory fees, including average course and program fees, to provide an accurate picture of the total academic costs to students.
Strategic. Proposals must be in alignment with UTSA and UT System priorities and goals.
Frugal. Proposals should take into consideration cost-saving initiatives to keep tuition and fee rates affordable.

5. Success Factor 1: Student Academic Preparedness
Academic skills
Developmental education
Proposed New Costs:
Jump Start Program $ 45,000
Math Boot Camp ,000
Total $65,000
All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources
For Sandy Welch
• Lack of academic skills to be successful in college work
• Developmental education cannot count toward degrees but costs time and money

6. Success Factor 2: Curriculum Structure & Course Delivery
Proposed new costs: FY13 FY14 Instructional Technology Specialists $ 162, New Faculty 906,069 2,854,000 Enhanced Summer Schedule 875, ,000 TOTAL $1,884,500 $2,950,000
For Sandy Welch
Rigid course requirements in professional disciplines
Pre-requisites not under departmental scheduling control
Upper level courses offered infrequently
Higher academic standards to be accepted into majors
Transfer credits do not contribute to desired degree programs
Courses not offered at times students can take them
Student/faculty ratio too high
Lack of classroom/laboratory availability
All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources; above amounts include benefit costs.

7. Success Factor 3: ADVISING & ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES
Proposed new costs: FY13 FY14 University College 138,000 46,000 Early Alert System 43,000 Revamp Advising Services (presentation to follow) 1,700,000 TOTAL $1, 881,000 $46,000
For Sandy Welch
Rigid course requirements in professional disciplines
Pre-requisites not under departmental scheduling control
Upper level courses offered infrequently
Higher academic standards to be accepted into majors
Transfer credits do not contribute to desired degree programs
Courses not offered at times students can take them
Student/faculty ratio too high
Lack of classroom/laboratory availability
All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources.

8. Success Factor 4: POLICIES & INCENTIVES
Proposed new costs: FY13 FY14 Incentive Grants 500, ,000 Finish in Four Program 365, ,500 TOTAL $ 865,000 $1,047,500
For Sandy Welch
Rigid course requirements in professional disciplines
Pre-requisites not under departmental scheduling control
Upper level courses offered infrequently
Higher academic standards to be accepted into majors
Transfer credits do not contribute to desired degree programs
Courses not offered at times students can take them
Student/faculty ratio too high
Lack of classroom/laboratory availability
All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources.

9. Proposal to Consolidate and Revise Advising Fee
UTSA students pay 8 different Advising fee rates:
Freshmen & Undeclared $ 102
College of Business
College of Engineering
College of Public Policy
College of Education & Human Dvlpmt
College of Liberal & Fine Arts
College of Sciences
College of Architecture

10. Advising Fee rates do not match costs
College
Fee Rate
Cost per Student
Subsidy
Freshmen
$102
$105 $3
Undeclared (TRC)
$131
$29
COB
$95
$111
$16
COE
$91
$144
$53
COPP
$90
$184
$94
COEHD
$87
$146
$59
COLFA
$83
$112
COS
$82
$103
$21
COA
$80
$78
$-2

11. Total FY11 Revenue vs. Expense
College
Fee Revenue
Total Fee Usage
Subsidy
Freshmen Advising
$965,605
$991,168
$25,563
Undeclared Tomás Rivera Center
$417,786
$538,118
$120,332
COB
$914,174
$1,069,402
$155,228
COE
$327,497
$517,287
$189,790
COPP
$162,750
$332,645
$169,895
COEHD
$627,399
$1,049,350
$421,951
COLFA
$972,467
$1,307,782
$335,315
COS
$617,598
$779,513
$161,915
COA
$163,902
$160,110
<$3,792>
TOTAL
$5,020,024
$6,745,374
$1,576,197

12. Total FY11 Expenditures by Area
College
Expenditures
Transfers
Total Fee Usage
Freshmen Advising
$906,625
$84,543
$991,168
Undeclared Tomás Rivera Center
$390,615
$147,503
$538,118
COB
$822,765
$246,637
$1,069,402
COE
$412,332
$104,955
$517,287
COPP
$269,508
$63,137
$332,645
COEHD
$710,423
$338,927
$1,049,350
COLFA
$819,327
$488,455
$1,307,782
COS
$568,044
$211,469
$779,513
COA
$120,386
$39,724
$160,110
TOTAL
$5,020,024
$1,786,051
$6,745,374

13. Other Services Paid from Advising fee
University Health Professions Office $ 179,340
Honors Program Advising ,263
Testing Center ,795
Downtown Advising Center ,867
Undergraduate Studies ,908
International Student Advising ,878
TOTAL $1,786,051

14. Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate & Charge UG Students the Same Amount
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)

15. Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate & Charge UG Students the Same Amount
In addition to cost containment measures, new funding is required to:
eliminate the E&G subsidy
implement the following GRIP Solutions
Create a career ladder for advisors
Add new advisors
Net estimated requirements = $1,700,000

16. Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate and to Charge all Students the Same
Creating one fee and one rate will:
Provide flexibility for Academic Affairs to strategically allocate funding for critical needs and service demands to address the requirements that result from Education Code Section :
The THECB is required to establish the method of assessment no later than September 1, 2012, to:
establish a method for assessing the quality and effectiveness of academic advising services that includes student surveys, and
identify objective, quantifiable measures for determining the quality and effectiveness of academic advising services.

17. Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate and to Charge all Students the Same
Creating one fee and one rate will:
Simplify the fee structure
New fee rate - $120 per student

18. Proposed New Advising Fee Rate
College
Current
Fee Rate
FY11 Cost per Student
Proposed New Fee Rate
Freshmen
$102
$105
$120
Undeclared
$131
COB
$95
$111
COE
$91
$144
COPP
$90
$184
COEHD
$87
$146
COLFA
$83
$112
COS
$82
$103
COA
$80
$78

19. Proposal to reduce the Energy Fee Rate
The Energy fee was initiated Fall 2006 at $45 per student / semester
Fee rate reduced in:
Fall 2007 by <$10> to $35
Fall 2010 by <$6.50> to $28.50
For Larry Williams

20. Proposal to reduce the Energy Fee Rate
Propose fee be lowered to $23 or <$5.50> a 19.3% reduction
In FY11, Energy fee revenue covered 20% of total E&G utility costs
This reduction will lower that cost sharing to ~15%
For Larry Williams

21. Background Athletics Fee
A student referendum in September 2009 endorsed an increase in the Athletic fee and support for the addition of football.
“UTSA students have spoken, and this vote endorses their dream to take the athletics program at the University to the next level,” said Gage Paine, UTSA’s vice president for student affairs.

22. Background Athletics Fee
Revenue from fee rate increases to a maximum of $240 per semester ($20 per SCH) were incorporated into the financial pro-forma approved by the UT Board of Regents to add football.

23. Background Athletics Fee Rate History SCH 2007 2008 2008 2009 1
$10
$11
$13
$15
$17
$19
$20 12
$120
$132
$156
$180
$204
$228
$240
Proposed increases included in the revenue assumptions of the Athletics proforma approved by the Board of Regents

24. Graduate Education Costs
The cost of graduate education is higher than undergraduate programs:
Smaller class sizes
Higher faculty costs (fewer NTT)
Student assistantships
Research orientation
For Nancy Martin

25. Graduate Education Costs
On average, costs are 4X’s higher than undergraduate (based on 2010 Cost Study data submitted to THECB)
Doctoral programs cost 2.5X’s more than graduate programs and 10X’s more than undergraduate
For Nancy Martin

26. Graduate Education CostsUG GR
Total
SCH
$/SCH
623,121
58,844
681,965
Cost
Faculty Salaries
$39,632,840
$64
$27,681,003
$470
$67,313,843
$99
Departmental Operations
$76,197,948
$122
$11,913,235
$202
$88,111,183
$129
Academic Support
$26,158,119
$42
$17,478,049
$297
$43,636,168
$141,988,907
$228
$57,072,287
$970
$199,061,194
$292
*Faculty Salaries do not include TAs
**Data Source: UTSA FY 2010 THECB Cost Study

27. Other UT institutions with differential Graduate Tuition Rates
UT Arlington charges $38.22 more per SCH with a differential designated tuition rate
UT Dallas has flat rate tuition that is $167 more per SCH for graduate students
UT Pan American charges $4.70 more per SCH for designated graduate tuition
UT Tyler charges $67 more per SCH for Graduate students and $111 more per SCH for Doctoral

28. Proposal to Create a Differential Graduate Designated Tuition Rate
If approved, graduate students will pay $7.25 per SCH more than the UG designated tuition rate in FY13, and $12.75 more per SCH in FY14 (in addition to $50/SCH GIT statutory tuition) Total per semester increase of $355 (FY13) and $348 (FY14) for a full time equivalent graduate student taking 24 SCH per year.

29. Base Budget Enhancement
New Revenue would allow funding enhancements towards our goal of increasing Graduate programs
Base Budget Enhancement
FY 13
FY 14
Total
12-15 FTE Faculty & Benefits
$575,931
$765,000
$1,340,931
Graduate Scholarly Activity
$200,000 $0
Financial Aid Set Asides
$127,563
$125,364
$252,927
$903,494
$890,364
$1,793,858
Preliminary revenue estimates based on FY12 budgeted SCH

30. Review of Proposed Total Academic Costs Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Resident TAC – Refer to Handout
Based on 15 SCH
Proposed UG Resident T&F Cost Increase:
3.1% in FY13 (Annual Increase for 30 SCH = $277)
2.9% in FY14 (Annual Increase for 30 SCH = $264)

31. Review of Proposed Total Academic Costs Graduate Students
Graduate Resident TAC – Refer to Handout
Based on 12 SCH
Proposed UG Resident T&F Cost Increase:
3.9% in FY13 (Annual Increase for 24 SCH = $355)
3.7% in FY14 (Annual Increase for 24 SCH = $348)