{"id":99452,"date":"2018-06-03T13:12:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T19:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/tuition-jumps-5-at-fort-lewis-college\/"},"modified":"2018-06-03T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T19:12:49","slug":"tuition-jumps-5-at-fort-lewis-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/tuition-jumps-5-at-fort-lewis-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuition jumps 5% at Fort Lewis College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees approved a 5 percent tuition increase Friday for resident, nonresident and graduate students for 2018-19.<\/span>Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees approved a 5 percent tuition increase for residents, nonresidents and graduate students at its meeting Friday.<\/p>\n

Trustees also approved a $51.93 million final budget for 2018-19 that reflected $4.2 million in budget cuts that were finalized in April to deal with declining enrollment.<\/p>\n

FLC<\/a> was the only state college in Colorado allowed to increase tuition 5 percent, with a cap set at 3 percent for resident tuition increases at the other state public colleges.<\/p>\n

An exception to the cap was allowed for FLC to adjust for its declining enrollment, which penalized it in the state\u2019s funding formula for distributing higher education dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur tuition tends to be among the lowest in the state, and even with the 5 percent increase, we are still among the lowest,\u201d said Chance Salway, president of the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College.<\/p>\n

The tuition increase will amount to $336 for residents and $840 for nonresidents for students taking between 12 to 18 credits. For graduate students, the per-credit-hour cost for resident and nonresident students will increase $17 to $354.<\/p>\n

Despite the tuition increases, FLC\u2019s tuition and fees are the second lowest in Colorado, behind Metro State University of Denver<\/p>\n

No salary increases were offered to faculty and some staff members for the third consecutive year.<\/p>\n

However, the college did increase its programs to recruit students and boost enrollment by $750,000.<\/p>\n

The 2018-19 budget assumes a 9.6 percent decline in overall enrollment. Fall enrollment for 2017-18 was officially listed at 3,331 students, the lowest number since 2009, during the Great Recession.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what it would take to offer at least a 1 percent salary increase next year, but to go four years without a faculty salary increase would really hurt,\u201d said Trustee Nora Jacquez.<\/p>\n

Board of Trustees Chairman Steve Short noted some staff members who are not on the state classified salary system also have not seen a raise in three years, and they, too, deserve consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have faculty receive an increase without a commensurate increase to staff would be detrimental to morale on campus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Classified staff members, who are part of the state of Colorado employee system, will receive a 3 percent salary increase as part of the state\u2019s budget approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on April 30.<\/p>\n

Other highlights of the budget include:<\/p>\n

A 2 percent increase in the average room rate for dormitories.<\/em>An increase in mandatory student fees to $66.70 from $62.95.<\/em>An increase in total state funding of $1.27 million compared with 2017-18.<\/em>Trustees also approved new programs offering degrees, certificates and licenses. These new programs include: borders and languages, computer information systems, criminology and justice studies, a certificate program in digital marketing and a special-education licensure program.<\/p>\n

parmijo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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