Comments on: Tuition rates reduced for 2012 summer session

By: AStudent

AStudent — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:27:20 +0000

In reply to Student. They are just aligning the other campuses with the current Manoa practice of charging the same rate for summer as they do in fall/spring. Usually Manoa students get things that other campuses do not so its great that other students get a break for a change.

By: Student

Student — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:27 +0000

Why does �鶹��ýManoa residents have to stay the same? If all colleges and universities are changing for the summer tuition, why not �鶹��ýManoa too? It is just ridiculous with this issue. If all are going to be affected by this change, the MAIN branch of the school should be too.

By: �鶹��ýNews staff

�鶹��ýNews staff — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:36 +0000

In reply to Aydee. Hi Aydee, �鶹��ýManoa has for years charged the resident fall/spring undergraduate rate for its summer tuition; but the other 9 campuses have been charging more for summer than their fall/spring resident undergrad rates. This move brings all other campuses in line with Manoa's existing practice.

By: �鶹��ýNews staff

�鶹��ýNews staff — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:02:15 +0000

In reply to Deirdre. Hi Dierdre, This recent comment from our Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Linda Johnsrud addresses your question about Manoa summer tuition. "Summer school is self-supporting and �鶹��ýManoa's costs are higher than the other 9 campuses. �鶹��ýManoa's summer undergraduate tuition has been set at the resident undergraduate rate for years and will continue to be."

By: Aydee

Aydee — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:04:13 +0000

I just don’t understand why summer school rates are more than fall and spring. If they really want people to graduate on time or faster then the rates should be the same year round and not go up every semester. The cost of living is going up, the cost of tuition is going up, but my pay is staying the same (I have a BS and decent job). This doesn’t hep me since I can’t take graduate level classes at other campuses.
Hooray! Undergraduates are only getting charged an arm and a leg for tuition this summer, they get to keep the other appendages for next summers increase, but then what?
PS What we pay for resident tuition at �鶹��ýis as much of more for out of state tuition in many other states. Absurd!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:45:03 +0000

NM. Just read it. I guess “Hooray for Hawai’i residents who want to go to school somewhere other than Manoa.” Non-residents are still paying through the nose.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:40:58 +0000

Probably because Manoa is impacted while the other campuses are not. Since the credits are transferable, can you take the less expensive ones online and then have them sent to Manoa? Or are you still stuck paying the Manoa rate?

Anyone know if the non-resident rate is the same?

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:36:45 +0000

“We know that the costs of higher education are a concern for all of our students, and we hope to help alleviate some of that concern by making summer classes more affordable”

It sounds more like the school wants to increase attendance at non-Mānoa campuses considering, from what I’ve read/heard the largest population of students by far is at Mānoa.

Why not lower them at Mānoa as well? I was very excited to see this headline as I must take courses this summer to graduate and to keep my University job… and was disappointed within the first sentence.

I guess hooray for people who live near the other campuses?