Aspirant Peers: Student Service Expenses as a Percent of Core Expenses
(Data: 2014-2015 academic year) Average
Valdosta State University
Tennessee Technological University
University of West Georgia
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Indiana University of Pennsylvania−Main Campus
Indiana State University
East Tennessee State University
Wright State University−Main Campus
University of Nebraska at Omaha
West Texas A&M University
Idaho State University
0%
5%
10%
15%
Note: This percentage provides an estimation of how much an institution spends on student service expenses compared to other core expenses.
EVOLVING TO BETTER SERVE TRANSFER STUDENTS More transfer students will choose to live on campus during their junior and senior years, seeking to experience many of the advantages they missed when starting at their community colleges. The University will provide vastly improved information about how community college courses fit into WT degrees and will provide that information long before students transfer, thus reducing accumulation of “excessive hours” toward their bachelor’s degrees. For community colleges within driving distance of campus, participation in WT clubs and organizations will begin prior to transfer, easing the transition between institutions.
REVOLUTIONIZING THE RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE Currently, students entering the University with fewer than 60 hours must reside on campus. Although they are usually older and more experienced than new freshman students, these transfers are often housed with younger students. This can be a negative experience for transfer students because of their age and maturity level compared to traditional students in the residence halls. Transfer students should have an on- campus space with students of similar experience, if they so choose. To encourage this, the University will make the living arrangements such that they would WANT to live on campus and will create residential spaces dedicated to transfer students, including married students and international students.
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