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Chancellor content with out-of-state admissions cap Staff Writer
september
18 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Chris Hart-Williams
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Percentage of incoming out-of-state students at N.C. State
Students activity fees make online courses more expensive for degree-seeking students
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Chancellor Randy Woodson said Wednesday that it’s unlikely that the UNC Board of Governors will address a proposal to increase the cap limiting the number of outof-state freshman for some of its universities any time soon. The News & Observer recently reported recently that a number of historically minority schools within the UNC-System are dealing with a decline in enrollment. As a result, some members of the BOG proposed to raise the 18 percent cap on incoming out-of-state students. “There was not a lot of concern about it from the board,” said Woodson. “They didn’t act on it, they actually tabled it.” According to Woodson, some people believe the aforementioned schools could benefit from opening their campuses to more outof-state-applicants due to the lack of sufficient enrollment. Woodson also said a lack of enrollment doesn’t imply the schools are struggling to provide quality education. “They are very strong institutions, it’s just that they’ve seen a drop in enrollment in
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students is important because it adds to the diversity of our campus in terms of geog raphic diversit y, it enhances the environment here and it enhances our reputation to have students from all over that want to be at N.C. State,” Woodson said. On the other hand, students such as Owen Emery, a junior in civil engineering from New Haven, Conn., come to N.C. State for its reputation and a change of pace. “When I decided I wanted to be an engineer, [N.C. State] was kind of one of the top choices for engineering
With the cost of college education reaching an all time high, many students are now looking at taking classes online to save some money. However, these courses don’t offer a cheaper alternative for everyone. Undergraduate, full-time students enrolled at N.C. State are charged the same amount to take online classes as students who prefer to take classes in person. However, in the summer, all students including degree-seeking and non-degree students are charged per credit hour instead. During the fall and spring semesters, the difference emerges for non-degree-seeking students. Though non-degree students are still billed at a per-credit hour rate, they are exempt from paying student activity fees. According to Melissa Williford, the director of Distance Education Administrative Services, the savings can significantly add up. “Since NDS students enrolled in distance education courses do [not] pay student activity fees, this can result in substantial savings for the total tuition and fee cost,” Williford said. “For example, an in-state NDS student who enrolls in a fall 2013, three-credit -hour, undergraduate distance education course would be charged $654, whereas enrollment in a similar threecredit-hour, undergraduate campus-based section would incur total charges of $1,025.77.” In other words, non-degree or part-time students end up saving about $372 for one three-credit-hour course. However, for full-time students, there is no difference in price, and all the fees are still charged regardless. “More than 70 percent of distance education enrollees are campus-based students.” said Rebecca Swanson, associate vice provost of Distance and Distributed Education. “Another significant student demographic is the adult learner, defined as someone who has a hiatus of some time from university courses and is a career professional who seeks to update skills or prepare for a new career.”
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recent years,” Woodson said. Woodson said there was no proposal to increase the cap for other UNC-System schools. “For all the other universities at 18 percent, there’s no current proposal on the table to change that,” Woodson said. “I personally think the cap of 18 percent is about the right number.” According to Woodson, the only benefit of increasing the cap for struggling universities is the projected increase of enrollment the proposal has the potential to bring. “[For] students that pay out-of-state tuition— that pay a higher tuition to come
to N.C. State—the money doesn’t stay at our university,” Woodson said. “It offsets the appropriations from the state of North Carolina.” As of fall 2012, the University has the highest undergraduate enrollment, 24,833 students, according to the UNC-System facts and figures web page. According to Woodson, the percent of out-of-state students who enrolled this fall is about 17 percent. Woodson said that out-ofstate students are important and bring a lot to the University even though their enrollment rates monitored. “H av i ng out- of- s t at e
Latin film festival Major Exploration Series helps students returns to Triangle decide career path Miguel Sanchez Bienvenidos Editor
Mona Bazzaz Correspondent
Administrators, advisors and student ambassadors from the N.C. State College of Design met on campus Tuesday to help students who are undecided about their majors. First Year College and representatives from the College of Design hosted the event, allowing prospective students to come and ask questions regarding the program. This major exploration event was just one of many events that will be hosted throughout the year by different colleges within the University. The event ran from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. as people asked questions and gathered information from the many representatives and visual aids spread out across the room. Tameka Whitaker, assistant dean of Student and Academic Services at the College of Design, answered questions for those curious about the program. “This event is great for students to explore all the majors at the university,” Whitaker said. “I knew this wouldn’t be a formal occasion because students would be constantly coming and going, so I provided a brief overview then had students come ask me or other ambassadors specific questions individually.”
Destinee Gray, a freshman in First Year College, was one of the students who attended the event on Tuesday. Gray said she came to learn more about the programs available, and she has always been interested in art and drawing. “I like how rigorous and competitive the programs at the College of Design are,” Gray said. “That is something I respect and look for when considering possible majors.” Gray was not the only student interested in the programs offered at the College of Design. Carley Seder, a freshman in the First Year College, also came to the open house seeking more information about design. “I’ve always been interested in design,” Seder said. “I am also extremely undecided when it comes to my major so this information session will hopefully help me decide if this is the path I want to take.” Other uncertain students attended the design Major Exploration to talk to professionals from the College of Design, such as design ambassador, Clayton Johnson, a senior in Design Studies. “I think this event is very important because it serves as an opportunity to educate students about all the aspects
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University are hosting the 27th North Carolina Latin American Film Festival. This year, the festival features a series about the life of diasporic communities, using films, documentaries, panel discussions, lectures, class visits and open forums. The festival will also emphasize hemispheric Native and Indigenous audiovisual production. The festival features 27 films from 11 countries, with the presence of 15 filmmakers. The festival includes feature length films, short films and documentary films, grouped in three series: The Latin American Film Series, the Native and Indigenous Film Series, and the Jews and Muslim in Latin America and the Caribbean Series. The Latin American Film Series will be held in Chapel Hill and will feature different movies starting Sept. 17. Clandestine Childhood, a film
which has won several awards at various film festivals in Latin America and Spain, will be shown. The movie is about a boy named Juan. Upon his return to Buenos Aires, Juan and his family take refuge with Juan’s uncle, whose chocolate peanut business provides a front for their anti-government action against Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla. Under Videla’s command, millions of people “disappeared” in Argentina, and Juan’s family struggles to escape unscathed. In the midst of his parents’ plight, Juan finds himself distracted by his first romance, and as a heartbreaking series of events unfold, Juan observes life around himself—unsure of where he fits in or how to make his voice heard. The Native and Indigenous Film Series will be hosted Oct. 4 and Oct. 9. One of the films to be showed is After Lucia, a recent winner of the Un Certain Regard award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. The film is about Roberto and his daughter, Alejandra, who travel to Mexico City
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Gael Garcia Bernal stars in No, a drama film from Chile set in the late 1980s.
to begin a new life after the death of his wife, Lucía. Unable to cope with their grief and the pace of the unfamiliar city, the two proceed with their new lives at work and school, communicating less and turning inward. When Alejandra becomes the center of repulsive taunting and bullying, she remains silent to protect her father from further pain. This sparks
continuous cruel abuse and humiliation from her classmates. Roberto is pushed to his limit when Alejandra disappears and the truth of her mistreatment is revealed. The Jews and Muslim Series will be shown at Duke and UNC-CH on Oct. 1 and 2. The documentary “Papirosen” will be one of the main
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