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Posted: 11:41 AM Apr 24, 2008
Last Updated: 11:41 AM Apr 24, 2008
Reporter: WSAZ News Staff
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (MU Release) – Marshall University’s Board of Governors today approved a tuition and fee increase of $119 per semester for all full-time undergraduate resident students for fiscal year 2008-2009.

Tuition and fee increases of $219 for metro and non-resident students also were approved. The funds from this increase will be used to cover significant additional operating expenses that Marshall University will incur during the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

The Board also approved an average room and board increase of $196 per semester, bringing the total increase in tuition, room and board to $315 per semester for West Virginia students living on campus.

Tuition and fees for students in the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine were increased $239 for resident students and $624 for non-resident students.

An additional $150 per-semester fee will be assessed beginning with the spring 2009 semester, which is when the new Student Recreation Center will open.

Student support for the Recreation Center has been overwhelmingly positive, dating back several years to when the students voted to approve a fee increase to help fund a new Center. The Center, located on the corner of 20th Street and Fifth Avenue, is in mid-construction and will open in February 2009.

Faculty and staff will receive a pay increase from a 3 percent pool allocated by the

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Posted by: Bud on Apr 24, 2008 at 11:45 AM
As a college graduate, I hope they raise tuition 100% every year. The fewer graduates, the more valuable I become. Seriously though, MU is one of the best values in the nation. I challenge any of you crying about the increases to find a university that does as much as Marshall and yet charges so little. If you want to complain, direct it toward the state government that continues to slash education budgets. In addition, MU only receives 40 million dollars a year in state funds compared to 100 million the WVU, the land where degrees are given not earned. That’s the problem, not this university.

Posted by: Gracee on Apr 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM
But every last one of you can afford to drive a late model car, can't you? You'll invest in that, but not in your education. Pitiful. Gracee

Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 24, 2008 at 08:33 AM
All you ever is hear is people complaining that West Virginians are uneducated. Many of us that are born in West Virginia and are attending college now are the first ones in our family to have the opportunity to go to college. Many, not all, but MANY families in this area can not afford to go to college as it is....so instead of MU fixing this problem and helping more WV students go to college, they make it worse and are apparently trying to keep them out......way to go MU, completely ridiculous....

Posted by: Dianna on Apr 24, 2008 at 02:43 AM
MU raises its tuition EVERY year. They also make students pay for things they NEVER use. Example, even if you don't attend one athletic event or go to the gym once in a semester, you're still charged for it. Since they offer it somewhere on the campus and students could utilize it, they feel they have the right to charge for it instead of you know, making students who use the services (aka, athletes) actually pay for anything. In 2001, tuition and fees for MU was around $1400. In 2008, it's up to $2600 (depending on the college). Overall, my education was over $25,000 (not including books, housing, gas for my commute, and so on!) for four years. And Marshall is one of the "cheaper" universities. Food is outrageous. Parking is ridiculous. MU is becoming more about the money and less about the student. They also charge $500 extra for internet classes. MU, this is why you can't recruit students! Current students speak lowly of the university and tell people to avoid it. I know I do.

Posted by: Mary on Apr 24, 2008 at 01:03 AM
To brokestudent, you are paying for that new fitness center they are almost finished with for the past year.

Posted by: OMG what next on Apr 23, 2008 at 11:43 PM
you've got to be kidding me! well if you are hardworking people who dont have a scholarship to go to marshall, forget it. go somewhere else. your gonna have to anyway. money talks bull**** walks. yeah go marshall. middle class people wont root for you anymore.

Posted by: brokestudent on Apr 23, 2008 at 10:24 PM
$150 fee per semester per student?? I am already paying through the nose for the other "fees". What makes it worse was when I asked what my fees paid for no one could tell me. I was told I could get a free football ticket and some shows but I'd have to go to every department to find out. I hope students will make a stand against this. I am all for progress on campus but continually raising fees, inventing new fees and raising tuition prices isn't always the solution. Try cutting back on some of the many staff with large salaries and nothing to do or no passion for the job they are meant to be doing. Marshall is also still charging students for the same number of parking permits when they are removing the number of spaces. Value for money is a thing of the past at Marshall.

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