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ISU admissions applications will increase $10.00
Alexandra Meiners ; Mass Communication Student
Issue date: 3/2/05 Section: News
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High school students and others who want to attend ISU are paying $10 more to apply this semester. The ISU undergraduate admissions application fee rose from $30 to $40.
The increase came after ISU received 2,965 applications for freshman admission for the fall 2004 semester. The cost of processing the applications and the technology needed pointed out a need for change, Nathan Peterson, director of recruitment services, said.
"The work went up, but the fee stayed the same," Peterson said.
Because more students had applied to ISU than ever before, the admissions department felt comfortable raising the fee, as it had remained the same for some time, Peterson said.
"ISU hadn't raised the fee in close to 10 years," he said.
Last summer, the Idaho Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers began discussing whether fees should be increased in Idaho's 11 institutions of higher education. The association includes all private, public and community colleges in Idaho. Only Boise State University decided against an increase.
ISU looked at Idaho colleges and universities to see how much they were increasing. Most raised fees between $5 and $15. ISU decided on the $10 increase because it wanted to remain competitive.
Because ISU had to change the computers and computer prompts, academic services and buttons on cash registers, the decision to raise the application fee had to be approved by the ISU Finance Board. After the approval, the Finance Board took the information back to each office, where necessary changes were made.
"It's surprising how it's printed everywhere," Peterson said. "It took a while to take the three-o out of everything."
While ASISU wasn't part of the decision, there was a representative on the Finance Board who added a student's perspective.
Since the new fee was being grandfathered in for the spring semester, some applicants paid the new fee, while others paid the $30 fee.
The increase came after ISU received 2,965 applications for freshman admission for the fall 2004 semester. The cost of processing the applications and the technology needed pointed out a need for change, Nathan Peterson, director of recruitment services, said.
"The work went up, but the fee stayed the same," Peterson said.
Because more students had applied to ISU than ever before, the admissions department felt comfortable raising the fee, as it had remained the same for some time, Peterson said.
"ISU hadn't raised the fee in close to 10 years," he said.
Last summer, the Idaho Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers began discussing whether fees should be increased in Idaho's 11 institutions of higher education. The association includes all private, public and community colleges in Idaho. Only Boise State University decided against an increase.
ISU looked at Idaho colleges and universities to see how much they were increasing. Most raised fees between $5 and $15. ISU decided on the $10 increase because it wanted to remain competitive.
Because ISU had to change the computers and computer prompts, academic services and buttons on cash registers, the decision to raise the application fee had to be approved by the ISU Finance Board. After the approval, the Finance Board took the information back to each office, where necessary changes were made.
"It's surprising how it's printed everywhere," Peterson said. "It took a while to take the three-o out of everything."
While ASISU wasn't part of the decision, there was a representative on the Finance Board who added a student's perspective.
Since the new fee was being grandfathered in for the spring semester, some applicants paid the new fee, while others paid the $30 fee.