Posted by: SoonerNSioux
« on: March 26, 2008, 03:44:05 PM »Ok a bit more on the tuition waiver as we're being handed down info from the dept. Apparently, some of my fire has been slightly misdirected towards the Graduate College. I've been told that overall, they are simply the middle man and are being forced into this tuition waiver situation. Tuition waivers have been cut from graduate students because they are considered "lost revenue". (What about the research we do that helps lead to additional grants?)
Here's the kicker... apparently this crackdown has occurred because of of the University's switch to D1. UND is short on the $$$ needed to make the transition, so they are cutting money in programs that are considered unimportant. The tuition waiver money that would be spent on graduate students is apparently going towards paying the additional scholarships needed for athletes under D1. Ugh. I've been told that the Graduate college has protested and put some recommendations on the President's table, but these have been ignored.
A member of our department and another individual have brought forward a motion to start an investigation into this entire fiasco... supposedly it's going before a committee that can actually put these motions into action so we'll see. Lets hope so... I was told the aerospace college suffered another ~28% cut this year and while our dept is mostly unscathed (due to our high number of GRAs), supposedly the other departments are fighting over the money available. Not a good situation!
I really wonder what benefit we're going to see from D1??? FYI take my stuff with a grain of salt like always...
Here's the kicker... apparently this crackdown has occurred because of of the University's switch to D1. UND is short on the $$$ needed to make the transition, so they are cutting money in programs that are considered unimportant. The tuition waiver money that would be spent on graduate students is apparently going towards paying the additional scholarships needed for athletes under D1. Ugh. I've been told that the Graduate college has protested and put some recommendations on the President's table, but these have been ignored.
A member of our department and another individual have brought forward a motion to start an investigation into this entire fiasco... supposedly it's going before a committee that can actually put these motions into action so we'll see. Lets hope so... I was told the aerospace college suffered another ~28% cut this year and while our dept is mostly unscathed (due to our high number of GRAs), supposedly the other departments are fighting over the money available. Not a good situation!
I really wonder what benefit we're going to see from D1??? FYI take my stuff with a grain of salt like always...