Graphic by Nethan Crew, Managing editor of content. By Kendall Miller, Student trustee
The most recent Board of Trustees meeting was held on Nov 7.
A few of the most notable actions in the meeting are the retirement incentive, Presidential search firm selection, and a vote on summer tuition.
The retirement incentive will go out to 28 faculty and staff positions, 16 of which are non critical.
The board also voted to hire the Presidential search firm Anthem, contingent on funding from the foundation. If the foundation decides not to fund the search, the decision will come back to the table.
What pertains to students the most, however, would be the decision on summer tuition rates.
The current structure of summer tuition includes a discounted tuition rate and a 50-dollar online fee.
The first option presented to raise summer tuition was to keep this structure and raise the discounted tuition rate by 3.5%, the same percent as fall and spring tuition were raised in February.
The second option is to get rid of the online fee and raise summer tuition to the same rate as fall and spring tuition.
Option one would end up being 20 dollars less per credit hour than option two, but option two is simpler and gets rid of the online fee.
The board voted on option two, contingent on a discussion with the Student Government Association senate on Nov 19 to gain more student feedback on the decision.
