8.6-8.9
Tuition, Fees, Room & Board
Effective Date: 09/01/2010
8.6 Enrollment Deposit
All full-time and/or degree seeking undergraduate students are required to pay a $200 non-refundable enrollment deposit.
History
- 06/14/1889: Diploma fee
- 08/27/1892: Deposit for damages
- 07/27/1897: Establish schedule of fees
- 09/02/1898: No security deposit for students on payroll
- 11/12/1925: Diploma fee, Student Organization fee
- 08/19/1939: Deposit may be drawn against for room damage
- 08/20/1940: Replace deposit with service fee
- 12/01/1967: Replace pre-enrollment deposit
- 01/28/1982: Enrollment deposit
- 09/20/1985: Added degree-seeking students
- 08/03/2000: Increase deposit to $100
- 07/15/2010: Was previously Policy 9.2. Renumbered and changed 120 days to 150 days
- 02/28/2020: Removed "continuing," changed $100 to $200, and made the deposit non-refundable
Effective Date: 09/01/2010
8.7 Residence Hall and Residence Apartment Student Association Fee
The University is authorized to collect from each residence hall or apartment occupant, (except those residing in the Daniell Heights Apartments) a fee not to exceed $30.00 per academic year. The fee shall be divided into two equal installments and collected at the time the first payment on each semester's board and room payments is made.
History
- 06/11/1971
- 01/28/1982
- 05/18/1984: Increased fee
- 08/03/2000: Reflect change in the academic calendar from quarters to semesters
- 07/17/2001: Increased fee to $20.00
- 12/14/2007: Increased fee to $30.00
- 07/15/2010: Was previously Policy 9.12. Renumbered, and modified to authorize collection from "Residence Hall of Apartment Occupant" except Daniell Heights Residents.
Effective Date: 04/27/2012
8.8 Student Activity Fee
The President is authorized to assess a $60.00 fee in each of the Fall and Spring semesters as an Activity Fee for enrolled undergraduate students. The majority of this fee is to be used for support of student organizations as administered by the Undergraduate Student Government, and the remainder is to be used for initiatives that benefit the campus community as determined by the Vice President for Student Affairs. Procedures for the distribution of funds to meet these goals will be established by mutual agreement of the Undergraduate Student Government and the Vice President for Student Affairs and reviewed annually.
The President is authorized to assess a $50.00 fee in each of the Fall and Spring semesters as an Activity Fee for enrolled Graduate students. Of the $50.00 levied Fall and Spring, 50% of this fee is to be earmarked for support of student organizations as administered by the Undergraduate Student Government, 50% is to be earmarked for support of the Graduate Student Government. The President is authorized to levy a $10 per summer Activity Fee for Summer enrolled Graduate Students. The $10 is to be earmarked for support of the Graduate Student Government.
A limited number of exceptions in assessing the fee may be made by the President or the President's designate for university employees and/or students not on the main campus.
Students not enrolled in courses on the main campus, University employees and/or Senior Citizens who are not assessed the fee are not eligible to receive the associated benefits.
History
- 05/17/1991
- 07/16/1993: Changed fee to apply to all enrolled students and identified exceptions.
- 05/19/2000: Changed from quarter to semesters and changed fee to $20
- 07/17/2001: Increased fee to $43.00
- 05/10/2002: Increased fee to $44.30
- 06/25/2003: Clarified the semesters in which the student activity fee will be collected, the language was reworded to allow more flexibility in the distribution of the fee, and distribution procedures be established and reviewed annually
- 04/29/2008: Changed undergraduate activity fee from $44.30 to $50.00, effective fall 2005. Also changed title of vice provost for student affairs to vice president for student affairs.
- 12/11/2009: Changed to reflect that the portion of the fee used for student organizations is administered by the Undergraduate Student Government in collaboration with Student Affairs; and that the remaining portion of the fee is used to support Initiatives, Special Budget Groups, and University Traditions that benefit the entire campus community as determined by Student Affairs
- 07/15/2010: Was previously Policy 9.18. Renumbered and changed Administration to the President.
- 04/29/2011: Renumbered. Was previously Policy 8.11.
- 04/27/2012: Increased undergraduate fee to $60 and increased graduate fee to $50.
Effective Date: 04/30/2021
8.9 Experience Tech Fee
The Experience Tech Fee is to improve student access to facilities and events, and includes but is not limited to, Mont Ripley Ski Hill, Intramural Sports, Portage Lake Golf Course, Gates Tennis Center, Visual and Performing Arts Department events, home Varsity Athletic events, Michigan Tech Trails and Recreational Forest, the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts presenting series, Outdoor Adventure Programs, and Student Health and Wellness. The President is authorized to assess an Experience Tech Fee in each of the fall and spring semesters for each qualifying undergraduate and graduate student at the amount set by the Board of Trustees at the time that it sets tuition rates as described in Board Policy 8.1.
The Fee is designed to replace revenue that would otherwise have been generated from individual student payments for services to support operational costs of the units. Procedures for the distribution of funds will be established by the Vice President for Student Affairs in consultation with Student Government.
A limited number of exceptions in assessing the fee may be made by the President or the President's designate for students not on the main campus. Students who are not assessed the fee are not eligible to receive the associated benefits. The fee is not automatically assessed to dual enrollment students, online students, and co-op/internship students, although these students may request the fee be added and, after payment, are eligible to use the associated benefits. Michigan Tech employees utilizing the employee education program and individuals taking classes under Board Policy 9.24 (Enrollment for Senior Citizens) are not eligible for participating in the Experience Tech Fee or its associated benefits.
- 06/19/2008
- 03/05/2009: Reduced fee to $32 for the summer semester
- 10/08/2009: Added a paragraph to articulate those who are not assessed the fee, are not eligible to receive the associated benefits.
- 07/15/2010: Was previously Policy 9.24. Renumbered; responsibility for procedures assigned to the Vice President for Student Affairs, and authority to grant exceptions assigned to the President.
- 04/29/2011: Increased fee for fall and spring semesters and eliminated summer fee. Renumbered, as was previously policy 8.15.
- 05/02/2014: Increased undergraduate fee to $90 and $74 for graduate students. Added Tech Trails and Forest, and Rozsa Center presenting series.
- 05/20/2020: Increased undergraduate fee to $93 and $76 for graduate students and updated language.
- 04/30/2021: Increased undergraduate fee to $96 and $78 for graduate students.
- 02/25/2022: Increased undergraduate fee to $99 and $80 for graduate students.
- 04/26/2024: Changed process for fee to be set annually by Board at the time tuition rates are set and updated language.