
Strangely enough, Shelton's newest tuition proposal came in the form of this gift (shown above) given to UA students.
By Shain Bergan
Some fresh news, as of just a few hours ago, courtesy of the Campus Correspondent:
Apparently University of Arizona President Robert Shelton has had a last minute change of heart from his original tuition proposal. Less than 24 hours before the next Arizona Board of Regents meeting, where tuition will be set, Shelton sent a memo to student government leaders and deans outlining his new plan, released at the 11th hour:
“Thus, I am amending UA’s tuition and mandatory fee recommendations for FY 2011, as
follows, to implement a scaled and moderated approach to moving UA’s tuition to the median of
our peers.
• Reducing the originally proposed $1,450 increase for resident undergraduate tuition at
UA main campus by $400 to $1,050;
• Reducing the originally proposed $1,450 increase for resident graduate tuition (UA Main
and UA South) by $400 to $1,050;
• Maintaining the $500 increase in resident undergraduate tuition at UA South as originally
proposed;
• Keeping the $2,000 increase in nonresident undergraduate and graduate tuition (UA
main campus and UA South) as originally proposed.”
It might be easy to applaud Shelton at this time, but something’s telling me the president may have had this move planned all along in order to gain favor with a campus that is becoming more and more disenfranchised with its leadership.