Follow her on Twitter at Advance Local Media LLC. So good work on getting to this position to make this change.”īoard Chair Cynthia Shapira said those tuition changes started with the best intentions but it “has proven not to have had the outcomes desired.”
Tim Briggs, D-Montgomery, said when “we make these really tough decisions, we should really take into account what our faculty, families and community are asking for. But she added, “We are mindful, however, of the IUP students who paid significantly more to attend that university between 2016 and now and likely took on additional student debt.”īoard members said the tuition pilots that are being abandoned at the two schools were thought to be good decisions at the time they were made.
Martin said the faculty union applauds the decision to return to the flat-rate tuition structure at both schools and is happy students will pay a lower cost. In 2016, the university’s tuition model charged students on a per-credit basis. They will pay $1,854 a year less than this year - $7,716 - starting in the fall. It will revert to a flat rate for 12-18 credits the two schools used to have before IUP went to a per-credit basis in 2016 and East Stroudsburg offered its fixed tuition rate for four years through its Warrior Promise program.Īt Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a news release stated the change is expected to result in nearly a 20% reduction for in-state undergraduate students who take 15 credits a semester. In another matter, the system’s board approved changes to East Stroudsburg and Indiana universities’ tuition structure. 113700, First Commonwealth Bank JEFFREY J. Barrows, a senior vice president at PNC Bank (and former executive director of the Lock Haven University. LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY STUDENT AUXILARY SERVICE INC, 114882, AmeriServ Financial Bank COLLISION INDUSTRIES, INC. In light of the new names given to the consolidated universities, the board also approved changes to its diploma policy to allow flexibility for the universities being consolidated to craft the design of these ceremonial documents to reflect the unique nature of their relationships with the chancellor’s approval. Penn College Foundation, talks with Keith O. A decision from the NCAA as to whether each location of the consolidated universities will be able to retain their own athletic program is expected after Middle States makes its decision, system Chancellor Dan Greenstein said.
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