Cal State L.A. changes approach to summer courses
Budget decline prompts move to self-supported, pay-per-unit framework
Los Angeles, CA
– To cope with state budget cuts requiring
Cal State L.A. to reduce its enrollment by almost 10 percent for the
2010-2011 academic year, the University is changing how it offers its
summer term, moving from a state-supported session to a
predominantly self-supported summer term.
The term, which runs from June 21 to Sept. 4, will offer courses in
ten-week and five-week sessions administered through the Division of
Extended Education.
The lack of state support will require summer students to pay
per-unit fees that range from $210 to $244 for state-resident students,
and $442 for non-resident students. An additional campus fee of $186.65
will also be charged for each student. Some limited state-supported
course offerings will remain available.
Previously, Cal State L.A.’s summer terms were state-supported,
resulting in student fees that were the same as in fall, winter and
spring quarters. In 2009, summer-quarter fees were $1,546 for resident
undergraduate students who enrolled in more than six units.
Additional details are in the memo below and available at
www.calstatela.edu/exed/summer2010.
(The fees for the summer 2010 term were established by the CSU
Chancellor’s Office in January. The CSU strives to keep students costs
to a minimum. Fees listed in published schedules or student accounts
may need to be increased when public funding is inadequate. Therefore,
CSU must reserve the right, even after initial fee payments are made, to
increase or modify any listed fee for summer quarter, without notice,
until the date when instruction for summer quarter has begun. All CSU
listed fees should be regarded as estimates that are subject to change.)
MEMO / California
State University, Los Angeles Date: February 12, 2010 TO: Campus Community FROM: Desdemona Cardoza, Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs RE: Updated Information about Summer
2010 This notice is to provide you with some important
information regarding Summer 2010. As many of you know, Cal State L.A., along with the
other 22 CSU campuses, faces some very serious budgetary challenges in
the upcoming academic year. In addition to a significant budget
reduction, we are being required to reduce enrollment for 2010-11 by 9.5
percent. In an attempt to manage this difficult situation, while trying
to minimize the impact on student progress towards degree, the campus
has decided to move from a state-supported summer term to a
predominantly self-supported summer term offered through the Division of
Extended Education. There will be limited state-supported course
offerings by some of the Colleges. Here is some important information for you:
·
The summer term will begin on June 21. It will offer one
ten-week session and two five-week sessions.
·
Students who complete their graduation requirements during the
summer term will be allowed to graduate at the end of the summer
session.
·
All the usual processes for matriculated student for
registration, receipt of payments, applying for financial aid, etc. will
be used.
·
State University Grants, Pell Grants and direct loans will be
available to students who qualify.
·
Fees for the summer term were set by the Chancellor’s Office
on January 14, 2010, as follows:
Summer 2010 Undergraduate Student Fees[1] |
Summer 2010 Credential Student Fees1 |
Summer 2010 Graduate Student Fees1 |
Summer 2010 Nonresident Fees1 |
|
|
|
|
$150 course fee /unit |
$173 course fee/unit |
$184 course fee/unit |
$442 Course fee/unit |
$60 instructional support fee/unit |
$60 instructional support fee/unit |
$60 instructional support fee/unit |
N/A |
$186.65 campus mandatory fees/student[2] |
$186.65 campus mandatory fees/student2 |
$186.65 campus mandatory fees/student2 |
$186.65 campus mandatory fees/student2 |
· Complete and continually updated information about this summer term will be available on the Summer 2010 website, www.calstatela.edu/exed/summer2010
· A workshop will be scheduled for Academic Affairs and Student Affairs staff to provide additional information regarding the summer session.
· A series of advertisements will be published in the University Times to ensure that students are informed about the summer term’s course offerings.
· All students will receive emails to their CSULA mailboxes informing them about the summer session.
· A preliminary schedule is now available via the Summer 2010 website, and a link on the University’s home page will connect to registration information.
· In a self-supported summer term, courses may be cancelled up to the third day of class, based on enrollments.
More information will be provided to the campus community as it becomes available.
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1 The CSU makes every effort to keep students costs to a minimum. Fees listed in published schedules or student accounts may need to be increased when funding is inadequate. Therefore, CSU must reserve the right, even after initial fee payments are made, to increase or modify any listed fee for summer quarter, without notice, until the date when instruction for summer quarter has begun. All CSU listed fees should be regarded as estimates that are subject to change.
2 Campus mandatory fees include fees for the following: Student Health Center, Health Facilities, Athletics, Instructional Related Activities, Associated Students, and University-Student Union.
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