Significant Turnout at the Arizona Board of Regents Tuition Hearing
Over 500 Arizona students, parents, and university staff showed their dedication to higher education and made it clear that they wanted their voices heard last night at the Arizona Board of Regents Tuition Hearings at each university throughout the state. The Tuition Hearing was an opportunity for students to voice their opinions about the proposed tuition and fee increases happening at all three state universities. This hearing comes just a week before the Arizona Board of Regents Tuition Setting in Tucson on March 11th when the Board will vote on the largest increases to tuition EVER proposed in Arizona’s history.
New York Times
ABC 15
State Press
Significant Turnout at the Arizona Board of Regents Tuition Hearing
Over 500 Arizona students, parents, and university staff showed their dedication to higher education and made it clear that they wanted their voices heard last night at the Arizona Board of Regents Tuition Hearings at each university throughout the state. The Tuition Hearing was an opportunity for students to voice their opinions about the proposed tuition and fee increases happening at all three state universities. This hearing comes just a week before the Arizona Board of Regents Tuition Setting in Tucson on March 11th when the Board will vote on the largest increases to tuition EVER proposed in Arizona’s history.
New York Times Coverage
ABC 15 Coverage
State Press Coverage
Arizona Students’ Association Tuition Proposal
New York Times Coverage
ABC 15 Coverage
State Press Coverage
Student Regent Finalists Sent to the Governor
Taylor Bell, a first year law student at UA’s James E. Rogers College of Law, has a wide range of experience in the political process, spanning from student government to the U.S. Congress. In June 2007, Bell left his position as Staff Assistant in the district office of U.S. Rep. John Shadegg to help out a distant relative on a new venture. That relative was cousin and then-State Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, and the new venture was a campaign for Arizona’s First Congressional District. Bell worked as Exploratory Committee Director and Research Director for Kirkpatrick’s winning campaign. In addition to his political activity in Arizona, Bell was a Student Senator at his alma mater, Biola University in La Mirada, CA.
In addition to his service on the current ASA Board of Directors, William Holmes has been serving students since he first arrived at UA. He represents UA students in the UA Faculty Senate and UA Hearing Board, which advises the UA’s Vice President of Student Affairs. As an ASA intern in the past academic year, Holmes coordinated voter registration, education, and mobilization efforts, along with playing a leading role in lobbying on behalf of the students’ tuition proposal. Holmes is the Campus Involvement Chair for the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity and provides caregiver services for a quadriplegic UA student.
Cheyenne Walsh possesses a depth of governmental experience that is as diverse as it is extensive. In her final undergraduate semester at UA, Walsh worked as a Research Intern for the Government and Transportation Committees of the Arizona State Senate. As a Legislative Associate with the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, she advocated for, and negotiated on behalf of, Arizona’s 90 municipalities - while completing her Master of Public Administration at ASU, with a 4.0 GPA. Walsh has also served on the Governor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing and chaired the Governors’ Traffic Safety Advisory Council Legislative Subcommittee. She is currently a first year law student at the James E. Rogers College of Law.
Governor Jan Brewer will appoint a new student regent to be confirmed by the Arizona State Senate. The new regent will take office in July 2010.
To read about the current student regents, please visit our student regent page.
ASU’s Textbook Day of Action
Come for cost-saving tips. We’ll also use this day to meet one-on-one with professors and have them pledge to consider Open Source and affordable textbooks for students.
“Textbook prices are increasingly contributing to the growing lack of affordable education. The average student will spend nearly $900 each year on textbooks, and textbook prices have risen at twice the annual rate of inflation over the last two decades.”
http://azstudents.org/issues/textbooks/
Buy Used
The internet has made everything easier. Look up which books you need as soon as they are available and visit used book websites to get textbooks at up to a 90 percent discount! Shop around, as different websites will offer different prices. Websites like CampusBookSwap.Org can match you with the book you need from someone right on campus.
Recommended websites:
• http://www.campusbookswap.org
• http://www.alibris.com
• http://www.half.com
There are plenty of other websites out there, so if these don’t work out, get searching! A little bit of work now will all be worth it next time you check your bank statement.
Consider Renting
You may not use the book next semester, so why not consider renting? Many websites will allow you to rent textbooks at lower prices.
Sell Your Used Books
Remember when you searched for the cheapest textbooks to buy for next semester? Now do the opposite! Websites like Alibris.Com may pay more money for your textbooks than the campus bookstore.
Open Source
Talk to your professors about using Open Source textbooks, which are just like run-of-the-mill textbooks (developed, edited, and peer-reviewed by leading experts) except with a twist: they are available for free online!
Shop Early, Buy Used
The Bookstore offers a limited quantity of used books that you may buy if you shop early. Sure, they might have some extra wear, but you’ll save some money and get the same educational benefits.
Consider Renting
You may not use the book next semester, so why not consider renting? The bookstore has a textbook rental program that can save you money.
Return Unused Books, but Hurry!
On the first day of classes, make sure you ask your professor if the assigned reading materials are required. If not, the ASU Bookstore will give you a full refund for your textbook during the first two weeks of classes. Unfortunately, book vendors other than the ASU Bookstore cannot offer this value.
Sell Books Back
At the end of the semester, the ASU Bookstore has a textbook buy-back program that may help curb some of the high costs of textbooks. Do not sell them back too early in the semester because the Bookstore might not know whether they can sell the book again next year and offer you a lower price.
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