Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

June 22-23, 2004 29234Regent Weitzenhoffer moved approval of the recommendation. The following votedyes on the motion: Regents Everest, Clark, Stuart, Weitzenhoffer and Wade. The Chair declaredthe motion unanimously approved.FEES REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004-2005Cameron University is requesting the above mandatory fees for fiscal year 2004-2005. Fees that differ from June 2003 Board of Regents’ approval are listed in italics. Therequested increase in mandatory fees is $2.40 an hour, or 8.7%.1. In fiscal year 2004/2005, Cameron University will continue to invest in enhancing itsLibrary materials and systems. In 2003/2004 the installation of Innovative Interfaces,Inc.’s Millennium Integrated Library Management System began. This purchase wasapproved in September 2003 by the Board. The new system’s cataloging, publicaccess catalog, serials control and circulations modules have been implemented. In2004/2005, the remaining modules, acquisitions and media management, arescheduled for implementation. Additionally, the Library has begun the process toreplace the security system used to ensure books are not removed from the Librarywithout proper authorization. The fee increase will generate $57,500 in additionalrevenue to partially offset costs of purchasing Library materials, replacing the Librarymaterials security system, and maintaining the new integrated Library system. Totalfees (revenue) generated by the Library Automation and Materials fee at therequested rate is approximately $460,000, less than the amount being spent forLibrary automation and materials.2. The current student assessment fee generates approximately $115,000 to supportCameron University’s student assessment activities. In recent years CameronUniversity has increased its efforts in student assessment, specifically focusing onentry-level and mid-level students. Entry-level students are assessed to ensure properplacement in pre-college and freshman courses. Mid-level students are assessed toensure the efficacy of the University’s pedagogical methods. Both are efforts toimprove the success of Cameron University students. The $.50 per credit hourincrease will generate approximately $57,500 in additional revenue. The additionalrevenue partially offsets the increased cost experienced by Cameron University in itsstudent assessment efforts.3. Cameron University is requesting an increase of $.20 per credit hour in the StudentActivity/Student Government Fee from $5.80 per credit hour to $6.00 per credit hour.Substantially all student activity fees collected are spent on programs that arereviewed and recommended by the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee(SAFAC). The Committee, composed of students, faculty and staff, reviews requestsfrom student organizations and Cameron departments involved in student activities.In FY2004/2005 requests received for student activity fund allocations wereapproximately $46,000 greater than were funded in FY2003/2004. While not all ofthe requests were recommended for funding by SAFAC, the additional fundsgenerated by the $.20 increase, approximately $23,000, are needed for those that wererecommended.4. The facility fee increase is needed to ensure sufficient facility fee funds will beavailable for maintaining Cameron University’s student facilities. Most of theexisting facility fees will be used during FY 2004/2005 by the installation of asprinkler system in the existing student dormitories and the construction of theLiving/Learning Center. Historically, new student facilities or renovations to existingstudent facilities have a substantial portion of their costs funded by the student facility