U.T. Tuition hike -- First batch of Regent e-mails

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From: Alex Cranberg

To: Bailey, Guy - President UT RGV; McRaven, William;Aliseda, Ernest; Leslie, Steven; Foster, Paul

Cc: Frederick, Francie

Subject: Follow up on Friday call

Date: Monday, June 01, 2015 9:20:32 PM

Attachments: Material for Regent Cranberg.pdf

I've recapped some questions and followup items from President Bailey's memo (highlighted in the attached

response some blue and some black for reasons I can't explain). A few of these were also promised from our Friday

call.

Thanks for helping me and the Board better understand this important situation.

Sent from my iPad


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From: Tucker, Sara

To: Leslie, Steven

Subject: Follow up to our call

Date: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 2:59:00 PM

Steve:

Thank you again for the opportunity to provide my feedback on the two tuition increase process

documents.

In the private sector, CPI (or other indices) growth is not an

automatic driver for budget increases. Rather, companies are asked for productivity improvements

to care for CPI growth.

Best,

Sara


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Alex


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"Frederick, Francie" , "McRaven, William"

, Guy Bailey

Subject: Fwd: Tuition and Fee Documents

Regent Cranberg, I'm not quite sure why my iPhone seems not to be transferringattachments. I'll give it one more try and if this doesn't work I'll go in to theoffice...one way or another, I make sure you get the attachments Guy hasprepared for you.

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From:Guy Bailey Date:May 22, 2015 at 6:44:12 PM CDTTo:"McRaven, William" , "Leslie,Steven"

Subject:Tuition and Fee Documents


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Sent from my iPhone


From:Guy Bailey Date:May 22, 2015 at 6:44:12 PM CDTTo:"McRaven, William" , "Leslie,Steven" Subject:Tuition and Fee Documents


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through, please let me know.Sincerely,Guy

From: , Steven

Date: Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 12:37 PM

To: "Cranberg, Alex - Regent" < "Aliseda, Ernest"

, "Hildebrand, Jeffery"

, "Frederick, Francie"

, "McRaven, William"

, Guy Bailey

Subject: Fwd: Tuition and Fee Documents

Regent Cranberg, I'm not quite sure why my iPhone seems not to betransferring attachments. I'll give it one more try and if this doesn't

work I'll go in to the office...one way or another, I make sure you getthe attachments Guy has prepared for you.

Sent from my iPhone


From:Guy Bailey Date:May 22, 2015 at 6:44:12 PM CDTTo:"McRaven, William" ,

"Leslie, Steven" Subject:Tuition and Fee Documents


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2. According to President Bailey, the merger

of UT Pan Am and UT Brownsville is resulting in consolidation administrative

savings of approximately 25%, even including plans to increase student success

services.

3.

4. UTRGV will lose HEAF which provided $18

million / year in probably recurring funding. UTRGV does gain access to PUF

($300 million in capital expenditures).

5. UTRGV students have the lowest income

levels of any of our student bodies. They work, and often have to live at their

home while supporting family members. Increased tuition will force them to

work more hours which will delay their graduation, impairing the institutions

key goal of increasing graduation rates.

Here is what the Board does not know now:

1. Any information about budget sources

and uses.

2. Any specific justification for the

amount of the increase.

The arguments for the tuition increase and the counterarguments:

1. 86% of students do not pay any tuition

anyway.

Grant income is often capped at a higher level than tuition but is still less

than total student costs. Extra tuition will therefore still come out of

students pockets.

2. 20% of the tuition increase and 20% of

what were allocated as fees will be allocated to scholarships.

In effect, it just has low

income students paying for their own additional scholarships.

3. Students want to pay a large premium to

obtain tuition predictability.


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From:Martin Baylor Date:September 14, 2015 at 5:52:17 PM CDTTo:"Leslie, Steven" Cc:"Frederick, Francie" , Guy Bailey, "Mercer, Wanda" , "Shelby,Stephanie - Assistant to EVC Leslie" Subject:RE: UTPA vs UTRGV out of pocket costs data

Dr. Leslie,

a. The attached file that should answer the question posed below.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Marty

From:Cranberg, Alex [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent:Monday, September 14, 2015 3:31 PM

To:Leslie, Steven

Cc:Frederick, Francie ; Aliseda, Ernest

; Guy Bailey ; Martin Baylor

; Mercer, Wanda ; Shelby,

Stephanie - Assistant to EVC Leslie ; McRaven, William

Subject:Re: UTPA vs UTRGV out of pocket costs data

. Could you provide some additional context by showing

the growth and total magnitude of each category of semester load including thelower load categories?Thanks!!Alex

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 14, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Leslie, Steven wrote:

Francie, Regent Cranberg, Chairman Aliseda:

As you see below and in the attachments, Marty Baylor has forwarded to

me updated information on credit hour loads at UTRGV for Regent

Cranberg.


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Steve

From:Martin Baylor [mailto:[email protected]]Sent:Monday, September 14, 2015 12:41 PMTo:Leslie, StevenCc:Bailey, Guy - President UTRGV; Baylor, Marty - UTRGV; Goode, Meredith;Shelby, Stephanie - Assistant to EVC Leslie

Subject:RE: UTPA vs UTRGV out of pocket costs dataDr. Leslie,

I am following up with you on the portion of Regent Cranbergs earlier

request that we could not fully answer at that time. Attached is our efforts

at a response to the Regents question, how does this mix of credithour

distribution compare to last year's?

The second file attached above is the Fall 2015 Total Academic Cost (TAC)

for the 36 public institutions. UTRGVs highest Entering Freshman (EF) rate

ranks #27 when comparing the lowest variable or guaranteed rates.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,Marty

Martin Baylor

Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Office (956) 665-2121

From:Alex Cranberg

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