With millions of dollars from this year’s Student Success Fee invested in access to classes, at least one indicator is showing positive signs for students unhappy with current offerings.
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Student Success Fee to open more classes, fund diversity efforts
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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Cal Poly looks to address campus diversity
Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com In general, Cal Poly is a school known more for its architecture and engineering programs than for diverse students, faculty and staff. That being said, this fall’s freshman class was the most ethnically diverse in school history, and students seem to think Cal Poly is paying more attention to issues regarding gender […]
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Too soon to solidify plan for Proposition 30’s defeat
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Kinesiology senior Laura Charbonneau has seen tuition rise eight times during her four years at Cal Poly. Despite the financial aid she receives, being the last of three children in her family to attend college makes her “feel guilty” about taking so much from her parents. “My parents pay for my tuition, […]
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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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Budget cuts and Student Success impact rising tuition costs
Students entering the California State University system (CSU) in 2012-13 face a dramatically different fee system than those entering the state’s public university system a decade ago. After a financial crash, a recession and the state struggling to deal with budget shortfalls, CSU tuition has nearly quadrupled for full-time undergraduate students since the 2002-03 scholastic […]
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Success Fee direction under debate
The Student Success Fee Allocation Advisory Committee is on its way to having a budget recommendation prepared by the end of the quarter. Associated Students, Inc. President Kiyana Tabrizi said she is prepared to make unpopular choices to help the university. Tabrizi, a graduating political science senior and co-chair of the committee, said she sees value […]
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Appointed committee to begin Success Fee spending
The team assigned to spend the money gained by Cal Poly’s Student Success Fee is set to begin a month-long process that will potentially end with more classes for students. The 11-person group, which includes seven students, held an initial meeting April 26 to determine how to best move forward in allocating the revenue brought in […]
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Candidate Q&A: Nha Ha
Nha Ha, a biomedical engineering senior who decided last Wednesday to run as a write-in candidate for the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency, talks about accessibility to students, his plans for the California State University (CSU) and how he hopes to secure a come-from-behind victory this week. Though Ha’s opponent, social sciences junior Katie Morrow, had […]
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Candidate Q&A: A sit-down with Katie Morrow
Katie Morrow, social sciences junior running for president of Associated Students, Inc (ASI) talks about women in student government, how the Student Success Fee is a temporary solution and why she’s never without her signature eyeglasses. You’ve been in Kiyana Tabrizi’s cabinet for almost a year now, and in ASI for two years. How has that […]
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Student Success Fee committee plan finalized
The California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s Office approved Cal Poly’s request to enact the Student Success Fee on March 16, ending months of planning and outreach over the tuition increase. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong announced the approval of the quarterly fee in a campus-wide email to students. On March 5, he submitted a fee […]