The Campus Conservative

Next week, the students at The University of Texas at Tyler (UT-Tyler) will participate in a week-long election to decide the fate of two proposals to increase their student fees. One is an increase to the athletics fee from $16 per semester credit hour (SCH) to $20 dollars SCH with a $300 dollar max. The other is to the recreational facility fee, from $40 to $70 dollars per semester.  While athletic supporters present these fee increases to students as necessary hikes to meet the demands of UT-Tyler’s competition in NCAA Division II (a new division for the school within recent years), it appears the deeper reason the university needs a fee increase is because of failure within the administration.  According to UT-Tyler Athletics Director Howard Patterson, who spoke at a campus-wide town hall about the fees on Oct. 19, former UT-Tyler President Michael Tidwell decided to transition to DII without the full funding in place.  Patterson told a questioner at the town hall tha...

Hi guys! Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming fee vote next week.  The Student Government Association (SGA) at UT-Tyler will hold a special election starting on Nov. 1 over requests for fee hikes to two student fees, its website reports. The election will begin Monday, Nov. 1 at midnight (12 a.m.) and end Friday, Nov. 5 at noon (12 p.m.). All registered students will be able to participate in the election via their Patriot Email.  The Two Proposals The two fees with proposed increases are The Intercollegiate Athletics Fee and The Recreational Facility Fee.  The proposal for The Intercollegiate Athletics fee is to raise the maximum chargeable amount per student from $240 dollars per semester to $300 dollars per semester and the semester credit hour (SCH) rate from $16/SCH to $20/SCH. If approved, the fee increase will take effect in Spring 2022 at $18/SCH with a $270 dollar max and then in full in Fall 2022 at $20/SCH with $300 max.  The proposal for The ...