NIC trustees vote 5 .6 percent tuition increase by Dawn M111pby A S.6 pcrcen1 increase in NIC's 1ui1ion and fees for lhe 198.J..84 school )'ear wa.s appro,·cd Thursday, April 2J. by the NlC Board of Trus1ees. The dcd.sion will raise the tuition and fees of n full-time (10-19 credits). distnct-resident s1uden1 from S5JO a )Car to SS60 CS26S to S280 per semester). Full·time. rcsiden1 luition and fees will increase from S 1,2.3() a year to SI .JOO IS6JS 10 S6SO per semester). A part-rime. resident student (9 crtdi1s or less). will pay S27 per credit hour each semester compared to last year·5 S26 per credi1 hou r for tuition and fees. Pan-time. non-resident stU· den1s will be paying S62 per credit
hour this fall in rompanson to la.s1 fall's S59 per credit hour rate. NTC l'te$1dent Barn Scbaler said tha1 the rising cost of providing an education to students is the reason for the rncrea,e. The breakdown of the tuition increase shows that resident. full-time students paid a total of S250 135t fall. They 11o 111 pay S264 for the tuition this fall. Full-ume. non-resident students paid S9SO a year for tuition last ye:ir. They will be paying SI .004 in tuition this fall. Pees Cor both full-time and pan.time ~iudents include general fees. student services and Associated Student Boch fees. S1udcnts services is the only f~
that ..mdecr~sc in the fall. Full-lime Sl'Udenu paid SJJ last ,·car bur \\ ill pa~ SJO next year. Pan-time swdcnts "ill pay S2. per credit hour compared to last ye.ir' s S3.2S per credn hour (ce. The board also approved a 5 percent increase in dormitOI" board and room fees for t.he JqS3.a4 ·school )Car. Concenung the criminalistics lab on campus. the board agrttd to a request b) lab director Ned S1u.1n to continue negotiations 11oith 10 northern Idaho counties to help fund I he lab. S!Wlrt Is lr) ing to uork OUI 3 sqo.ooo agr<!i!mem with the counties. This 11oill enable the counties 10 conunue to use the forensic lab. "hich foces closure for lack of si:ue funding if the
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.1grcement b not acccp1ed Eight of the 10 rountJC'!> th.it he has 1.11kcd to hilH' agreed 10 pay for 1he1r ~hare based on 1he population and taic ba\e 01 each ,"Ount,. Stu an said E,cn though 1he aiuntil's might help with the cost of runninl? the lab. there will Still be .1 cu1back:Stuan said. Stuan also was gr:u11ed permi.~ion b~ the board 10 organize an :id, il.ory commntee in "hich 1hr 10 couniies "111 be represented. The committee ,\ill ad .. ise ~IC concerning the mminal lab and help admmbtcr i1. The l>oard aho ac-cepted n rcphea of 1he old Fon Sherman Bunds1and from continued on p:1ge 16
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Ht•udy to ror k Members of tho rod, band RAIi "arm up the s1J1ge for llead l!ast during the ASN IC6pollMlrcd conc\:rt April 21 In the C-A Auditorium. The pcrformanCte had 439 f)4)0plc In allcodance.
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Graduation speaker named Paul Saltman wl11 speak 01 the Nonh Idaho College commencement ccremon~ in the PerTy Chn~uanson G)mnasium. Sal(man ii.a profc,sorofbiolog) nt 1he Unh-eri.1l\ of Califom111 m S.1n Diego. His lop:c I \ "Enhancing 1hc Rel:monship Bemeen Eanh and Man ... The rcg1\lr3.r'~ office rcponed that about 300 'iludenb \\ill be p.1n1c1p:mng m the gndua11on ceremonie~.
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