Show Economy going down tuition going up q Dominion Snow a J y 1 J 1 JJ au Joshua Harrison Contributing Writers With tough economic times everyone must cut back Salt Lake Community College is no exception This means students faculty and staff may soon be forced to deal with some hard decisions Over the last three years has had a 0 percent increase intuition said Student Association President President- Andrew Nelson Any tuition rise will come from legislation and government Currently our state is dealing with uncertain economic circumstances The Legislature is recommending a reduction in budgets for higher education institutions and other state agencies According to a report filed by Budget Director Dana Van Dyke the proposed budget cut for would equal 28 million It is essential for forthe the institution to continue to focus on moving forward in innovative and creative ways said Van Dyke Such as internal reallocation to most most strategic and pressing needs for next year Student Association Vice President Matt feels that the school needs to keep the tuition low because that is the reason that its it's a community college He suggests Tuition Continued on I If f 1 PAY T. T 1 t. t J L i r E- E v J r 7 F 4 jj IJ I AlY It if b tF 1 r J I r z i. 1 r II K L t k I d. d y I JL v x d I. I w J o S. S 0 i T 1 1 a Photo Arakelian I Cashiers office in the basement of the Taylorsville Redwood campus where students go to pay tuition L Tuition on the rise Continued from Al that people call on their local government officials to evoke a change in hi tuition costs Tuition is always going to rise said r. r The best thing people can cando cando cando do to keep tuition low is to rally local senators and the State Mate Legislature Students arent aren't the only ones that are making sacrifices must find ways to cut its operating budget while at the same time figure out different ways it can make money so that students dont don't suffer We were directed to provide the governors governor's office and the legislative analyst proposed ways of dealing with a potential 5 2 rescission of our current operating and time one-time budgets said President Cynthia Bioteau in an mail e-mail to faculty and staff We have provided the following prioritized areas that will be used if needed to address this They are position vacancy savings increase the level of review of programs begin a process for developing criteria to identify those programs which could be consolidated reduced in scope or eliminated after appropriate notification consider enrollment caps delay purchasing large equipment items consider increasing employees share of healthcare costs such as higher pays co-pays higher deductibles or and/or higher insurance co-insurance payments Understand that these are only potential areas at this point special legislative sessions will provide further direction On the brighter side i is is one of the best I community colleges for I fundraising in the nation According to the Council for Aid to Education was the No 1 I community college in the nation for fundraising in 2007 The only school in Utah that had more donations than i was Brigham Young University In 2007 earned more than 26 million 9 million more then the second closest community college When you l look ok at donations and benefactors to community colleges were we're just getting off the ground nationally saId Bioteau in an interview with the Deseret News For Salt Lake Community College to be as successful as they have been to date its it's really exciting |