Articles Tagged ‘ School Costs ’
September 13, 201112:28 am
Summary of Report on Tuition to the State Legislature
By Dave Chase, Managing Editor
On Sept. 1st, St. Mary’s College of Maryland submitted a 30 page report to the Chairs of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate Budget Committees, at their request, outlining a proposed $5 million annual increase in the College’s block grant. The report includes the exigence and plan for the additional money.
May 3, 201112:03 am
ST. MARY’S CULTURE OF NICKEL-AND-DIMING
By Dave Corderman, Class of 2011
Have you ever wondered where that 10 cents of your pay-for-print money is going? A case of Willcopy Recycled Copy & Multipurpose paper (the kind SMCM uses) is listed on Amazon.com for $40/5000 sheets. This means that every sheet of paper that St. Mary’s buys costs 0.8 cents per sheet. To be fair, the school must also buy ink, such as HP LaserJet 42A cartridges that cost $140 on Amazon and print 10,000 sheets. In total, the school pays $110/5000 sheets (half the cartridge price plus the price of paper), meaning that SMCM pays only 2.2 cents each time you print something.
April 19, 201112:01 am
Giving What You Can to Keep St. Mary’s Great
By Danny Ruthenberg-Marshall, Student Trustee
A girl I know turned to me and said that this was her last semester, she couldn’t afford to come back. Two days later, a guy stopped me on the path, to ask about financial aid possibilities, saying he was working twenty-hour weeks on top of school and still not making ends meet. Five days later, another person said she was taking twenty-four credits this semester, in an effort to graduate early to avoid additional debt.
October 6, 20098:57 am
In Slow Economy, College Will Still Provide Financial Aid
By Dave Chase
St. Mary’s College of Maryland recently set up a $105,000 Emergency Financial Aid Fund to help alleviate the financial burden of students whose economic situation may have changed as a result of the current economic recession. With a financial aid budget of $5.3 million in 2009, St. Mary’s spends 8 percent of its $64 million [...]
February 24, 200911:59 am
Academic Budgets Cut
By Justin Perry, Former Editor-in-Chief
The College’s academic departments saw 15 percent of their yearly discretionary budget slashed earlier this spring, according to Provost Larry Vote and numerous department chairs. Maryland Higher Education Student Advisory Council Representative Lauren Payne said the budget cuts were “unfortunate given that we are an Honors College and academics should be our first priority.” But, [...]
February 10, 200911:20 am
Is St. Mary’s Still a Great Value?
By Rowan Copley, Contributing Writer
It’s possible that St. Mary’s won’t be considered a great deal in education anymore, which is one of its greatest attractions to potential students. Last semester students got a message sent out by Maggie O’Brien to all students and faculty informing us that there were some cuts being made in the budget of the school. [...]
December 9, 200812:00 pm
St. Mary’s Tuition to Climb By Five Percent
By Justin Perry, Former Editor-in-Chief
The Board of Trustees chose not to break from over a decade of precedent and voted last Saturday to once again raise the cost of obtaining a St. Mary’s education. Tuition, fees and room prices will increase five percent for the 2009-2010 academic year, while meal plans will spike about 11 percent. The Board voted [...]
