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VOL. 7 1 1 NO. 9 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY October 27, 1993
ASLMU Petitions for Limit on Tuition Hike
By Steven Lopez
Contributor
Each year students face the ris¬
ing costs of attending a private
university. At Loyoia Marymount
University, estimated educational
expenses forthe 1993-94 academic
year, including tuition* room/board
and other expenses, range any¬
where from $1 7, 190 up to $21 , 1 50,
depending upon individual housing
arrangements.
Each year, ASLMO, as the repre¬
sentative organization of the stu¬
dent body, lobbies to maintain as
minimal an increase as possible.
ASLMU recognizes that LMU
must keep up with the rising cost of
inflation and the fact that the Uni¬
versity does not deficit spend.
As such, ASLMU is currently ask¬
ing the Board of Trustees for a
tuition increase of no more than
5.5%. This does not include the
various student fees and room/
board.
However, the tuition increase for
students is directly related to the
salary increase that the faculty/staff
receive each year. The majority of
the University expenses is sala¬
ries and the University budget is
heavily dependent on tuition for.
revenue.
Forexample, in the 1 993-94 Uni¬
varsity Budget, of the $62 million in
budgeted income, $56 million or
90.3% is derived from tuition and
fees.
The budgeted total compensa¬
tion to faculty/staff including sala¬
Budgeted Revenue
Tution/Fees 1 993-94 academic year
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$42.4 million, which is 66.4% of
total income and 69.5% of total
expenses.
Frances Young, ASLMU Presi¬
dent, stated, “It is unfortunate that
the faculty salary increases are so
dependent upon tuition, but it is
critical that tuition be kept to a
minimum, given the current state
of the economy. LMU would lose
some of its best and brightest, if
tuition is raised above a reason¬
able level.”
ASLMU recently sent out 3,000
tuition petitions that asked for an
increase of no more than 5.0-5.$%.
Oh the hundreds of responses
year, the tuition increase has
steadily declined. During this pe¬
riod, the tuition increase has gone
from 9.85% to as low as last year's
5.75%.
On behalf of the LMU students,
ASLMU is asking for the trend to be
continued with a tuition increase of
no more than 5.5% forthe 1 994-95
academic, year. "Despite having a
tuition increase last year of 5.75%,
continuing the cost of LMU is still a
strugglefor many students and their
families," Young said.
She continued, "Hundreds wrote
in on their petition describing family
situations that make them doubt
every year whetherthey will be able
Budgeted Expenses
1 993-94 academic year
Operating expenses
14.8%
received thus far, students over¬
whelmingly pleaded for a minimal
increase.
In addition, of the students who
responded, 52.7% stated that they
themselves have had to consider
completing their degree at another
university.
Some even argued for no in¬
crease and many spoke of the
struggles they and their families
experience every year that they
attend LMU.
Since the 1 984-1 985 academic
to come back to Loyola Marymount
University.
"When we, as students, don't
even know whether we will be able
to graduate from the University we
have attended, it is a tragic posi¬
tion, but an all too familiar one for
many students."
Young concluded, "As much as
tuition needs to be kept to a mini¬
mum, top priority needs to be given
to increasing financial aid. For too
many people financial aid is the
deciding factor."
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