INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College will conduct a public hearing regarding the setting of student fees on Tuesday, May 15, in Indianapolis.

The hearing will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the President’s Board Room on the third floor of the Ivy Tech North Meridian Center (main building) of the Fall Creek/Meridian campus, 50 West Fall Creek Parkway, North Drive.

The current 2006-07 student fee rate is $87.75 per credit hour with a $40 per semester technology fee.  Proposed rates are $91.30 per credit hour and a $40 per semester technology fee for the 2007-08 academic year and $95.00 per credit hour and a $40 per semester technology fee for the 2008-09 academic year.  In each year, the increase is 3.9% for a full-time student enrolled in 15 credit hours per semester.  The cost for full-time students will increase by $53.25 per semester in 2007-08 and by $55.50 per semester in 2008-09.  Part-time students taking 8 credit hours each term will pay $28.40 more per semester in 2007-08 and $29.60 per semester in 2008-09.

The increased revenue will go toward hiring additional full-time faculty, increased health insurance costs, improved information technology, implementing new academic programs, faculty and staff wage increases, utility costs, and costs associated with the opening of new facilities.

Indiana residents who want to address the committee but are unable to attend the hearing may instead send written comments to Bob Holmes, Vice President for Finance and Treasurer of the College.  The comments can be sent to bholmes@ivytech.edu, or mailed to Holmes at the address above.