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April 7, 2000 Trustees approve student fees, budget proposal INDIANAPOLIS – The Purdue University Board of Trustees today (Friday, 4/7) approved a 2000-2001 university conceptual budget plan that will increase basic student fees 4 percent on the West Lafayette, Calumet and North Central campuses and 4.2 percent at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. The board also approved a Finance Committee recommendation that the technology fee paid by West Lafayette students remain at $100 a year and that the annual fee for students in the Schools of Engineering on the West Lafayette campus be increased by $16. Starting next fall, basic fees for Purdue West Lafayette students from Indiana will increase $148 to $3,772 a year. Those from out of state will pay $12,804, an increase of $556. Kenneth P. Burns, executive vice president and treasurer, said the rate increase ensures that a Purdue education remains an excellent value for all students. For the 1999-2000 school year, only Iowa had a lower in-state student fee schedule among the Big Ten schools. Purdue had the fourth-lowest fees charged to out-of-state students. Burns said those rankings should not change for 2000-2001. Fees for students at Purdue's campuses in Hammond and Westville and in the university's Statewide Technology program will go up by about 4 percent. At Purdue Calumet in Hammond, the new undergraduate, in-state fees will be $111.70 per credit hour, up $4.30. At Purdue North Central, the new fees will be $111.30 per credit hour, up $4.30. Statewide Technology students from Indiana will pay $100.80 per credit hour, up from $96.95. At Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, the new charge per undergraduate credit hour for in-state students will be $122.75, up from $117.80. Now that the board has set student fees, it will take final action on the budget at its next meeting, which is scheduled for Thursday, June 1. Purdue's West Lafayette general fund budget, which was $478 million in 1999-2000, is expected to total $500.6 million for 2000-2001. Purdue's overall operating budget is made up of the general fund budget; foundation support; federal and industrial research grants; gifts; student aid; and income from self-supporting auxiliary enterprises such as housing and food services, intercollegiate athletics and other service enterprises. Source: Kenneth P. Burns, (765) 494-9705; kpburns@purdue.edu Writer: J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; mwillis@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page