Indiana University Establishes Tuition Task Force
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Indiana University has established an academic tuition and fees task force at the direction of President Pamela Whitten. IU says the committee will develop recommendations to clarify the biennial process of setting fees and tuition for undergraduates, ensuring transparency and finding avenues for cost savings for students.
Indiana state law calls for public institutions to set undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for a two-year period following legislative approval of a biennial state budget in odd-numbered years. Whitten says she has heard feedback from parents and students about the process being difficult. Whitten says tuition and fees for the current and next academic years were set in June 2021 and will likely be reconsidered for the next two academic years in June 2023.
Whitten says she has asked Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Dwayne Pinkney to form and chair the task force with co-chair Executive Vice Presient and IU Bloomington Provost Rahul Shrivastav, Interim Executive Vice President and IUPUI Chancellor Andy Klein and incoming Vice President for Regional Campuses and Online Education Sue Sciame-Giesecke.
The task force will develop a student-focused process to help advise the president and board of trustees on setting tuition and fee changes to adopt in June 2023.
Committee members include:
- Dwayne Pinkney, executive vice president for finance and administration.
- Rahul Shrivastav, executive vice president and IU Bloomington provost.
- Andy Klein, interim executive vice president and IUPUI chancellor.
- Sue Sciame-Giesecke, incoming vice president for regional campuses and online education.
- Brenda Stopher, chief of staff in the Office of the President.
- Philemon Yebei, assistant vice president for administration in university academic affairs.
- Sam Adams, associate vice president for budget and planning.
- Camy Broeker, vice chancellor for finance and administration at IUPUI.
- Aimee Heeter, associate vice provost and director of budgetary administration and planning at IU Bloomington.
- Brittany Hubbard, associate treasurer and university bursar.
- Robin Newhouse, dean of the IU School of Nursing.
- Marietta Simpson, Distinguished Rudy Professor of Music in the Jacobs School of Music at IU Bloomington.
- Jim Kennedy, associate vice president for university student services and systems.
- Andrew Gavrin, associate director of FACET and director of the Mack Center for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning.