Support of Student Representation in Student Fee Proposals and ASUW Senate Resolutoin #2521
By signing the petition, you are agreeing that you are a University of Wyoming Student and support ASUW Senate Resolution #2521. Here's a brief overview:
The Resolution states that we believe the UW President's response to the budget situation by declaring a financial crisis and assembling the Financial Crisis Advisory Committee (FCAC) was beneficial, but have taken exception to other actions including:
-The state legislature's increased divestment from UW, and the concerns we have on that matter
-Lack of student representation on the Revenue Enhancement Sub Committee of the FCAC, despite it recommending significant additional costs directly to students in the form of student fees
- Reserves constituted of student fee money being maintained to excessive levels and mismanaged without regulation
Our resolution includes statements saying:
-ASUW supports the President's financial crisis plan on budget reductions
-We don't approve of the new fee proposal being created without student input or representation
-Any and all new fee proposals should have ASUW input and prove the need and justification for these increases
-We want the board of trustees to create policies which create a floor, ceiling, and other regulatory policies to the reserves which are created from student fee money
-We want the state legislature to continue to support UW monetarily; investing in the state's education, which would help diversify the economy
The Resolution in its entirety can be read here:
http://www.uwyo.edu/asuw/_files/Legislation/2016-2...
Updates
October 28, 2016
The lack of student representation on the Revenue Enhancement Sub Committee remains unacceptable. Email your representative on the Board of Trustees today to insist that our money is not managed behind closed doors. Post this page on your Facebook profile to ensure the rest of the campus knows what is happening with these fees.
October 28, 2016
The momentum behind our push for student representation is impossible to ignore now. Post this petition link on your Facebook page and text three friends who are currently enrolled at UW to keep the pressure on the Board of Trustees. Email your representative today to let them know that our student fees are not a piggy bank for the administration.
Reached 100 supporters
October 28, 2016
21 Comments
I understand that the college needs more funding for classes, but until the engineering department chooses to care more about their students, I won't support the increase in cost of my tuition.
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences needs to continue to cut unneeded staff and reduce waste like the rest of the university before taking the "easy way out" and increasing fees. CEAS needs to wait for a university wide tuition hike, and not increase the cost for engineering students. We already pay an engineering computing fee, partake in large lecture classes and labs (some of which have a lab fee), I don't see why they need to increase fee, unless they are looking to drastically reduce class/lab sizes, or start providing free textbooks!!
I have heard about this petition before and I feel that it is a rather absurd amount of money that they will be placing on the backs of engineering students. I think that it is even more absurd that the committee did not have a single student there as representation to bring our opinions to the table.
An increase in tuition is understandable. I'm just not sure why this fee will only be realized for engineering students. Also, there has been so much talk about the school needing budget cuts, all the while we just broke ground on the new engineering building estimated at $105 million. I believe the students have a right to know what the university has planned. I believe we as students should have a voice: I'm not sure why the university would not allow this.
Taxation without representation didn't go well the first time. Students deserve representation in decisions which directly affect us, in addition to cheap schooling which is a big part of bringing in out of state students, and keeping Wyoming residents in Wyoming for their post-secondary education.
I feel that this fee is unfair to students that have already started their major here. This increase should only apply to incoming students so they are aware of the higher price before making the decision.
Eliminate waste and heinous faculty positions before incurring ludicrous charges on students.
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Support of Student Representation in Student Fee Proposals and ASUW Senate Resolutoin #2521
By signing the petition, you are agreeing that you are a University of Wyoming Student and support ASUW Senate Resolution #2521. Here's a brief overview:
The Resolution states that we believe the UW President's response to the budget situation by declaring a financial crisis and assembling the Financial Crisis Advisory Committee (FCAC) was beneficial, but have taken exception to other actions including:
-The state legislature's increased divestment from UW, and the concerns we have on that matter
-Lack of student representation on the Revenue Enhancement Sub Committee of the FCAC, despite it recommending significant additional costs directly to students in the form of student fees
- Reserves constituted of student fee money being maintained to excessive levels and mismanaged without regulation
Our resolution includes statements saying:
-ASUW supports the President's financial crisis plan on budget reductions
-We don't approve of the new fee proposal being created without student input or representation
-Any and all new fee proposals should have ASUW input and prove the need and justification for these increases
-We want the board of trustees to create policies which create a floor, ceiling, and other regulatory policies to the reserves which are created from student fee money
-We want the state legislature to continue to support UW monetarily; investing in the state's education, which would help diversify the economy
The Resolution in its entirety can be read here:
http://www.uwyo.edu/asuw/_files/Legislation/2016-2...
Updates
October 28, 2016
The lack of student representation on the Revenue Enhancement Sub Committee remains unacceptable. Email your representative on the Board of Trustees today to insist that our money is not managed behind closed doors. Post this page on your Facebook profile to ensure the rest of the campus knows what is happening with these fees.
October 28, 2016
The momentum behind our push for student representation is impossible to ignore now. Post this petition link on your Facebook page and text three friends who are currently enrolled at UW to keep the pressure on the Board of Trustees. Email your representative today to let them know that our student fees are not a piggy bank for the administration.
Reached 100 supporters
October 28, 2016
21 Comments
When I accepted to come to UWYO, I also accepted the price per credit hour. If prices are raised, which they should not be, they should be raised only for incoming students, not those who are already attending the school.
I understand that the college needs more funding for classes, but until the engineering department chooses to care more about their students, I won't support the increase in cost of my tuition.
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences needs to continue to cut unneeded staff and reduce waste like the rest of the university before taking the "easy way out" and increasing fees. CEAS needs to wait for a university wide tuition hike, and not increase the cost for engineering students. We already pay an engineering computing fee, partake in large lecture classes and labs (some of which have a lab fee), I don't see why they need to increase fee, unless they are looking to drastically reduce class/lab sizes, or start providing free textbooks!!
I have heard about this petition before and I feel that it is a rather absurd amount of money that they will be placing on the backs of engineering students. I think that it is even more absurd that the committee did not have a single student there as representation to bring our opinions to the table.
An increase in tuition is understandable. I'm just not sure why this fee will only be realized for engineering students. Also, there has been so much talk about the school needing budget cuts, all the while we just broke ground on the new engineering building estimated at $105 million. I believe the students have a right to know what the university has planned. I believe we as students should have a voice: I'm not sure why the university would not allow this.
Taxation without representation didn't go well the first time. Students deserve representation in decisions which directly affect us, in addition to cheap schooling which is a big part of bringing in out of state students, and keeping Wyoming residents in Wyoming for their post-secondary education.
I feel that this fee is unfair to students that have already started their major here. This increase should only apply to incoming students so they are aware of the higher price before making the decision.
Eliminate waste and heinous faculty positions before incurring ludicrous charges on students.
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When I accepted to come to UWYO, I also accepted the price per credit hour. If prices are raised, which they should not be, they should be raised only for incoming students, not those who are already attending the school.