While Kansas University officials consider various tuition increases, they have already settled on an increase in student housing of about 6.8 percent, or nearly $300.
The proposed increase will be considered Thursday by the Kansas Board of Regents, which has already given the housing cost escalation a preliminary OK.
The increases are set to take effect July 1, 2002. More than 5,000 students live in KU-owned and -operated facilities.
KU’s increase would be the largest of the state’s six regents universities and would follow an average 5.7 percent increase this academic year.
Officials say the increases are needed to cover the cost of inflation and pay for improvements.
Under the proposal, the annual rate for a typical double occupancy room at the residence halls would increase an average of $294, from $4,348 to $4,642, or 6.8 percent. That includes the maximum 19-meals a week, utilities, basic cable television and local telephone service.
Rooms in residence halls, scholarship halls and Jayhawker Towers are wired for Internet access, but students must pay an additional fee for hookups that are handled by KU’s Network & Telecommunications Services, according to a Student Housing official.
By comparison, Kansas State University has submitted a 6.1 percent increase; Fort Hays State University, 4.4 percent; Wichita State University, 3.8 percent; Emporia State University, 3.6 percent; and Pittsburg State University, 3 percent.
Even with the proposed increase, regents staff say the cost of housing at KU is among the lowest in the Big 12.
KU also is considering tuition increases, including a proposal that would double tuition costs.
While Kansas University officials consider various tuition increases, they have already settled on an increase in student housing of about 6.8 percent, or nearly $300.
The proposed increase will be considered Thursday by the Kansas Board of Regents, which has already given the housing cost escalation a preliminary OK.
The increases are set to take effect July 1, 2002. More than 5,000 students live in KU-owned and -operated facilities.
KU’s increase would be the largest of the state’s six regents universities and would follow an average 5.7 percent increase this academic year.
Officials say the increases are needed to cover the cost of inflation and pay for improvements.
Under the proposal, the annual rate for a typical double occupancy room at the residence halls would increase an average of $294, from $4,348 to $4,642, or 6.8 percent. That includes the maximum 19-meals a week, utilities, basic cable television and local telephone service.
Rooms in residence halls, scholarship halls and Jayhawker Towers are wired for Internet access, but students must pay an additional fee for hookups that are handled by KU’s Network & Telecommunications Services, according to a Student Housing official.
By comparison, Kansas State University has submitted a 6.1 percent increase; Fort Hays State University, 4.4 percent; Wichita State University, 3.8 percent; Emporia State University, 3.6 percent; and Pittsburg State University, 3 percent.
Even with the proposed increase, regents staff say the cost of housing at KU is among the lowest in the Big 12.
KU also is considering tuition increases, including a proposal that would double tuition costs.
While Kansas University officials consider various tuition increases, they have already settled on an increase in student housing of about 6.8 percent, or nearly $300.
The proposed increase will be considered Thursday by the Kansas Board of Regents, which has already given the housing cost escalation a preliminary OK.
The increases are set to take effect July 1, 2002. More than 5,000 students live in KU-owned and -operated facilities.
KU’s increase would be the largest of the state’s six regents universities and would follow an average 5.7 percent increase this academic year.
Officials say the increases are needed to cover the cost of inflation and pay for improvements.
Under the proposal, the annual rate for a typical double occupancy room at the residence halls would increase an average of $294, from $4,348 to $4,642, or 6.8 percent. That includes the maximum 19-meals a week, utilities, basic cable television and local telephone service.
Rooms in residence halls, scholarship halls and Jayhawker Towers are wired for Internet access, but students must pay an additional fee for hookups that are handled by KU’s Network & Telecommunications Services, according to a Student Housing official.
By comparison, Kansas State University has submitted a 6.1 percent increase; Fort Hays State University, 4.4 percent; Wichita State University, 3.8 percent; Emporia State University, 3.6 percent; and Pittsburg State University, 3 percent.
Even with the proposed increase, regents staff say the cost of housing at KU is among the lowest in the Big 12.
KU also is considering tuition increases, including a proposal that would double tuition costs.
While Kansas University officials consider various tuition increases, they have already settled on an increase in student housing of about 6.8 percent, or nearly $300.
The proposed increase will be considered Thursday by the Kansas Board of Regents, which has already given the housing cost escalation a preliminary OK.
The increases are set to take effect July 1, 2002. More than 5,000 students live in KU-owned and -operated facilities.
KU’s increase would be the largest of the state’s six regents universities and would follow an average 5.7 percent increase this academic year.
Officials say the increases are needed to cover the cost of inflation and pay for improvements.
Under the proposal, the annual rate for a typical double occupancy room at the residence halls would increase an average of $294, from $4,348 to $4,642, or 6.8 percent. That includes the maximum 19-meals a week, utilities, basic cable television and local telephone service.
Rooms in residence halls, scholarship halls and Jayhawker Towers are wired for Internet access, but students must pay an additional fee for hookups that are handled by KU’s Network & Telecommunications Services, according to a Student Housing official.
By comparison, Kansas State University has submitted a 6.1 percent increase; Fort Hays State University, 4.4 percent; Wichita State University, 3.8 percent; Emporia State University, 3.6 percent; and Pittsburg State University, 3 percent.
Even with the proposed increase, regents staff say the cost of housing at KU is among the lowest in the Big 12.
KU also is considering tuition increases, including a proposal that would double tuition costs.
