u.t. tuition hike -- first batch of regent e-mails
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From: Alex Cranberg
To: Bailey, Guy - President UT RGV; McRaven, William;Aliseda, Ernest; Leslie, Steven; Foster, Paul
Cc: Frederick, Francie
Subject: Follow up on Friday call
Date: Monday, June 01, 2015 9:20:32 PM
Attachments: Material for Regent Cranberg.pdf
I've recapped some questions and followup items from President Bailey's memo (highlighted in the attached
response some blue and some black for reasons I can't explain). A few of these were also promised from our Friday
call.
Thanks for helping me and the Board better understand this important situation.
Sent from my iPad
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From: Tucker, Sara
To: Leslie, Steven
Subject: Follow up to our call
Date: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 2:59:00 PM
Steve:
Thank you again for the opportunity to provide my feedback on the two tuition increase process
documents.
In the private sector, CPI (or other indices) growth is not an
automatic driver for budget increases. Rather, companies are asked for productivity improvements
to care for CPI growth.
Best,
Sara
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Alex
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"Frederick, Francie" , "McRaven, William"
, Guy Bailey
Subject: Fwd: Tuition and Fee Documents
Regent Cranberg, I'm not quite sure why my iPhone seems not to be transferringattachments. I'll give it one more try and if this doesn't work I'll go in to theoffice...one way or another, I make sure you get the attachments Guy hasprepared for you.
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From:Guy Bailey Date:May 22, 2015 at 6:44:12 PM CDTTo:"McRaven, William" , "Leslie,Steven"
Subject:Tuition and Fee Documents
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Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From:Guy Bailey Date:May 22, 2015 at 6:44:12 PM CDTTo:"McRaven, William" , "Leslie,Steven" Subject:Tuition and Fee Documents
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through, please let me know.Sincerely,Guy
From: , Steven
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 12:37 PM
To: "Cranberg, Alex - Regent" < "Aliseda, Ernest"
, "Hildebrand, Jeffery"
, "Frederick, Francie"
, "McRaven, William"
, Guy Bailey
Subject: Fwd: Tuition and Fee Documents
Regent Cranberg, I'm not quite sure why my iPhone seems not to betransferring attachments. I'll give it one more try and if this doesn't
work I'll go in to the office...one way or another, I make sure you getthe attachments Guy has prepared for you.
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From:Guy Bailey Date:May 22, 2015 at 6:44:12 PM CDTTo:"McRaven, William" ,
"Leslie, Steven" Subject:Tuition and Fee Documents
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2. According to President Bailey, the merger
of UT Pan Am and UT Brownsville is resulting in consolidation administrative
savings of approximately 25%, even including plans to increase student success
services.
3.
4. UTRGV will lose HEAF which provided $18
million / year in probably recurring funding. UTRGV does gain access to PUF
($300 million in capital expenditures).
5. UTRGV students have the lowest income
levels of any of our student bodies. They work, and often have to live at their
home while supporting family members. Increased tuition will force them to
work more hours which will delay their graduation, impairing the institutions
key goal of increasing graduation rates.
Here is what the Board does not know now:
1. Any information about budget sources
and uses.
2. Any specific justification for the
amount of the increase.
The arguments for the tuition increase and the counterarguments:
1. 86% of students do not pay any tuition
anyway.
Grant income is often capped at a higher level than tuition but is still less
than total student costs. Extra tuition will therefore still come out of
students pockets.
2. 20% of the tuition increase and 20% of
what were allocated as fees will be allocated to scholarships.
In effect, it just has low
income students paying for their own additional scholarships.
3. Students want to pay a large premium to
obtain tuition predictability.
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Begin forwarded message:
From:Martin Baylor Date:September 14, 2015 at 5:52:17 PM CDTTo:"Leslie, Steven" Cc:"Frederick, Francie" , Guy Bailey, "Mercer, Wanda" , "Shelby,Stephanie - Assistant to EVC Leslie" Subject:RE: UTPA vs UTRGV out of pocket costs data
Dr. Leslie,
a. The attached file that should answer the question posed below.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Marty
From:Cranberg, Alex [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent:Monday, September 14, 2015 3:31 PM
To:Leslie, Steven
Cc:Frederick, Francie ; Aliseda, Ernest
; Guy Bailey ; Martin Baylor
; Mercer, Wanda ; Shelby,
Stephanie - Assistant to EVC Leslie ; McRaven, William
Subject:Re: UTPA vs UTRGV out of pocket costs data
. Could you provide some additional context by showing
the growth and total magnitude of each category of semester load including thelower load categories?Thanks!!Alex
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 14, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Leslie, Steven wrote:
Francie, Regent Cranberg, Chairman Aliseda:
As you see below and in the attachments, Marty Baylor has forwarded to
me updated information on credit hour loads at UTRGV for Regent
Cranberg.
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Steve
From:Martin Baylor [mailto:[email protected]]Sent:Monday, September 14, 2015 12:41 PMTo:Leslie, StevenCc:Bailey, Guy - President UTRGV; Baylor, Marty - UTRGV; Goode, Meredith;Shelby, Stephanie - Assistant to EVC Leslie
Subject:RE: UTPA vs UTRGV out of pocket costs dataDr. Leslie,
I am following up with you on the portion of Regent Cranbergs earlier
request that we could not fully answer at that time. Attached is our efforts
at a response to the Regents question, how does this mix of credithour
distribution compare to last year's?
The second file attached above is the Fall 2015 Total Academic Cost (TAC)
for the 36 public institutions. UTRGVs highest Entering Freshman (EF) rate
ranks #27 when comparing the lowest variable or guaranteed rates.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,Marty
Martin Baylor
Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Office (956) 665-2121
From:Alex Cranberg