University President Dave Frohnmayer at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting lamented the passage of the Oregon University System’s new resource fee structure, reiterating his concern the “sticker shock” could drive students away.
“I have expressed vocal concerns about what this will do to the overall tuition of this university,” Frohnmayer said during his State of the University address. “This is an issue that does implicate the University in a very broad way.”
Associate professor John Chalmers, chairman of the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Arena Financing, presented the committee’s lengthy report. Although it took three times the allotted time, the report generated little discussion among senators.
Senate Vice President Paul van Donkelaar updated the Senate on his committee’s work with on-line course evaluations. Last term’s pilot program had a “very good response rate,” and the committee plans to have new evaluation questions, policy and legislation in place by fall term.
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