No tuition increase for fall, planning for safe return to campus

来自Janine Davidson博士的电子邮件.D.他是密歇根州立大学丹佛分校校长

2020年6月5日

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I hope this email finds you and your loved ones doing well. 正如我在我的 他星期三给社区写了一封信, the tumultuous events of the past week have left all of us shaken. They also come on top of over two months of isolation and uncertainty as a result of COVID-19. It seems strange to write about anything else. But I have promised to keep you informed on decisions and actions that affect the future of Metropolitan State University of 丹佛. And that’s why I’m reaching out – to share some important updates from today’s 校董会 meeting.

No tuition increase and several campus fees waived for fall 2020

After a robust discussion among the trustees, 密歇根州立大学丹佛 has decided not to increase the cost of tuition for resident and nonresident undergraduate students for the fall 2020 semester. We simply cannot in good conscience raise tuition on our undergraduates given the challenges they’ve faced over the past two months.

与此相关, the board waived several campus-based fees for the fall semester: the 校园娱乐, Intercollegiate 体育运动 and pass-through fees (with the exception of the Clean Energy and Phoenix Center fees). The Student Technology and Online Program fees will also be rolled into one Technology fee that will be charged to all undergraduate students to support increased technology needs for remote learning. The combined fee will be assessed at a reduced rate of $20 per credit hour. All told, this should provide some substantial financial relief to our undergraduates.

This decision does complicate 密歇根州立大学丹佛’s overall budget outlook for fiscal year 2020-21. 皇冠官网网站是一所依赖学费的大学, due in large part to chronic underfunding from the state over the past two decades. 皇冠官网网站将面临艰难的抉择, but we feel strongly that now is not the time to pass this cost on to students.

计划安全返回校园

在过去的几周里，皇冠官网网站的 跑路者安全返回委员会 has been working on plans for a safe and gradual return to campus. As always, the top priority will be the health of our students, faculty and staff. 该计划还将着眼于灵活性, both for our community members who are most vulnerable and in the event that we once again need to pivot our operations as a result of the pandemic.

The fall semester will not be typical, but we do believe it will be a success. 当皇冠官网网站 announced with our Auraria Campus partners 5月, we’ll be adopting a mixed approach to classes, which allows us to safely accommodate some in-person courses while also bolstering our online offerings. With social-distancing guidelines and campus capacity restrictions, we anticipate at least two-thirds of our classes to meet online. Students will receive an email in mid-June about which of their classes will be delivered remotely. The University has also invested in its faculty members, providing new tools and support to ensure the quality of every online class. We anticipate that most student-support services will be offered virtually, 有一些是可以亲自来的.

On-campus classes will be prioritized based on which require an in-person component to meet Student Learning Objectives. We know there will be fewer students in each classroom and a limited number of people on campus overall. 与皇冠官网网站的校园合作伙伴协调, we will be putting in place public-health-informed safety protocols and procedures. We will also ask our campus community to act with generosity and selflessness, taking personal precautions such as wearing a mask to ensure that we all remain safe.

There will be much more to come on the return to campus, including an FAQ on our website. Please stay tuned to your email for additional updates.

While this semester will look different from most, some things have not changed: our commitment to high-quality education and providing an environment in which our students, 教职员工可以茁壮成长. Amid all of the challenges facing our city and country right now, I continue to find hope in our extraordinary learning community. Thank you for your continued support, patience and flexibility.

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珍妮·戴维森博士.D.
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