2010

ECCC to raise tuition for 2010-11

Tuition and a few other fees will increase for the 201 O– Il term at East Central Commu– nity College in Decatur, follow– ing action by the College's Board of Trustees during its April 13, 20 I0, meeting. ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin said the higher fees are necessary due to the recent state budget cuts and the College's increasing enrollment, which reached a record 2,841 students last fall. "Increasing fees is not something we want to do but we have no choice," said Dr. Sutphin. "Enrollment continues to climb at most community colleges. including EC, during this eco– nomic downturn, but public fund– ing, however, is not keeping pace with increasing enrollments and in fact, is decreasing. In most businesses when demand in– creases, supply increases with the larger revenue produced by the greater demand. That is difficult to achieve in the public sector be– cause the cost of education is subsidized with shrinking govern– ment dollars. In our case, 80 per– cent of our revenue is federal, state or local funds." Tuition for full-time stu– dents wil1 be $895 per semester,

an increase of $95. Room fees– for all residence halls except Bar– ber Hall - will increase to $675 from $575. Cost to live in Barber Hall will be $775, an increase of $200. Part-lime s tudents will now pay $90 per credit hour, an increase of $5. The lab fee for healthcare education students has also increased, from $25 to $50. One fee no longer in effect is the $10 charge to drop or add classes. The increase in fees, which goes into effect when the first summer term begins in May 2010, is expected to generate ap– proximately $300,000 for the College's general fund, accord– ing to Dr Sutphin. Students planning to at– tend ECCC this fall will have four orientation sessions to register for classes. Orientation activities are scheduled Friday, June 4; Satur– day, June 26; Thursday, July 15; and Friday, August 13. Fall classes begin Thurs– day, August 19. For more information, contact the Office ofAdmissions, Records and Research, 601-635- 2111 or call toll free, 877-462- 3222, ext. 206. The e-mail ad– dress is dluke@eccc.edu.

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