Fees

Note: For detailed information, refer to the UAPPOL Student Instructional Support Fees Policy and UAPPOL Student Instructional Support Fees Procedure and the Office of the Registrar’s website on the Registrar’s Advisory Committee on Fees (RACF) page. Should you have any questions, please contact the Assistant Registrars, Enrollment Services for assistance.

Changes Requiring RACF Involvement

If your Faculty or Department is planning to 

• • • Create alternate-delivery courses, 

    • Create new, or increase the cost of, existing mandatory student instructional support fees,

    • Create new, or increase the cost of, existing cost-recovery programs/courses, or

    • Add a non-instructional fee, 

a proposal will need to be presented to RACF before moving through the governance pathway for fee approval.

RACF has its own template that you will have to prepare for submission. Currently, this template can be accessed by contacting the Chair of your Department or the Assistant Registrars, Enrollment Services.

Note: Some of these changes require approval through two different governance pathways. For example, if you are creating a new cost-recovery program or course, you will need to obtain approval for the new program or course through one approval process while obtaining approval for the cost of that program or course through another. Approval in both routes will be required if the new program/course is to be offered. If you have any questions, please contact the RACF coordinator for assistance. 

Sample RACF Proposal Template:

Timing & Process

Fees in the Calendar are always a year behind due to the timing of publishing the Calendar. For example, fees in the 2018-2019 Calendar will reflect rates for the 2017-2018 academic year. 

In September, the fee review/approval process for the upcoming year commences. Proposals for fee changes are first reviewed by RACF as received by Faculties and Departments. Proposals usually will then be prepared by the RACF coordinator for submission and progression through the Academic Planning Committee (APC), Board Finance and Property Committee (BFPC) and the Board of Governors (BoG) starting in January of the immediately following calendar year.

RACF meets on the last Tuesday of each month to review submitted proposals. Submissions are due two weeks prior to the meeting to allow time for agenda preparation and committee members to review the documentation. Once you have submitted your proposal you will receive information regarding the approximate time your item will be discussed. We ask that someone who is familiar with the proposal attends the meeting to speak to the item and answer any questions committee members may have. Once the proposal is deemed to be in order, it will be sent through the appropriate governance path for approval.