Unless you’ve been checking the Cal Poly Administration and Finance website, you probably didn’t know that the Student Success Fee Allocation Advisory Committee sent a final recommendation to University President Jeffrey Armstrong in January — effectively deciding how the $210 quarterly fee will be spent next year.
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To cap, or not to cap
Kaytlyn Leslie news@mustangdaily.net A California State University (CSU) system unit cap — which limits the number of units a student can take per quarter to 16 — was only going to affect 1 percent of students at Cal Poly, according to campus administrators. It turns out that number is even smaller. According to Cal Poly […]
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Student Success Fee set to open classes, fund student services
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Administrators are aiming to cure the headache of finding classes, with millions of dollars heading toward opening up additional courses in the coming quarters. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong approved a budget for Student Success Fee revenue just days before the beginning of fall quarter, the result of recommendations from university vice […]
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CSU unit cap to begin in fall
Thousands of students registering for Cal Poly classes next fall will see first-hand a new result of California’s budget woes: a 16-unit registration cap. A California State University (CSU) memo issued in early March will standardize a unit cap for all schools in the system, regardless of their respective financial situations. The mandate was prompted […]
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Last call for information
With just one day left before the advisory vote on the proposed Student Success Fee, 20 students attended the last of the administration-sponsored open forums Tuesday. University Union Advisory Board member and agricultural business sophomore Jason Colombini was among those in the audience. Colombini was the lone attendee at a forum earlier in February and […]
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History repeats itself as fee proposal comes to students
Less than three years after voting to increase College Based Fees, Cal Poly students will once again be asked to advise the university president on a school-wide tuition increase come Wednesday. The Student Success Fee brings up uncanny similarities to a proposed fee increase in 2009 that was approved by student voters but shot down […]
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Fee forum failures spark new outreach efforts
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Kiyana Tabrizi called the proposed Student Success Fee the most important tuition decision Cal Poly has ever faced. But students’ lack of interest might indicate disagreement. With only two open forums left for students to come and learn about the fee, attendance is as low as ever. Two students attended […]
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Students seeking success at fee forums
Although only four students spoke at Monday’s Student Success Fee Forum, some concerns were raised as the Feb. 29 vote on the proposed fee draws closer. If the fee is approved, students would pay $160 in Fall 2012, with the amount increasing each quarter until it reached $260. In the end, the Student Success Fee […]
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Forum-ing an opinion on Student Success Fees
Attendance at the latest Student Success Fee forum increased to 28 students on Wednesday — a marked increase from the lone attendee at the previous forum. Although a portion of the audience was made up of students required to attend for a class, associate vice provost Kimi Ikeda said the increase was due to better […]
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Sliding to Student Success
A slideshow highlighting the 01/23/2012 Student Success Fee Forum.
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Setting the price of student 'success'
Today marked the first of nine forums to address the looming Student Success Fee, a fee most students know little about. But it left students with more questions than answers. Think of this fee as Provost Robert Koob’s last goodbye — Koob is retiring and will be replaced by Kathleen Enz Finken in February. At […]