S.93-48
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
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Senate
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J.M. Munro, Vice-President Academic
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Tuition Fee Refund Policy for Undergraduate Students
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August 24, 1993
Action taken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and the Senate
Committee on Undergraduate Studies gives rise to the following motion:
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Motion:
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in S.93 -48 the change to the tuition fee refund
policy for undergraduate students."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
To: SCUS
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From: Ron Heath
Registrar & Secretary, SCUS
Re: Tuition Refund Policy
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Date: ?
July 22, 1993
Over recent semesters it has become obvious that students have registered in a larger
number of courses than they intend to take. This behaviour may be the result of students
trying to secure alternate spaces because their 'first choices' are full, choosing several
courses to 'see how it goes' during the first week with 'drops' of the least preferred courses,
or perhaps keeping several options open for a few more weeks before finally deciding on a
major or pattern of study. There may be other reasons. The effects of this behaviour are
significant; in the 92-3 semester, initial course enrollment had declined-by 1500 at the end
of Week I and 2300 by the end of Week 3 of the semester. Unfortunately, since course
places are at an absolute premium, other students are locked out of these courses. When
enrolled students withdraw from courses, the instructional dollars are then underutilized
due to lower actual enrollment. As the attached graph shows, the peak in course drops is
the last day of Week 1, apparently too late for all the dropped course places to be picked up
by students who earlier wished to enroll in these courses but could not because the courses
were full.
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In order to discourage students enrolling in more courses than they intend to take, changes
to the tuition fee refund policy are proposed. The intent is to modify student behaviour,
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thereby providing more available course spaces. There is no goal to generate additional
revenue.
Based on earlier advice from the Registration Advisory Committee, it is proposed that the
tuition fee refund policy be revised for the 94-1 semester as follows:
1.
Continue 100% refund through one week after the last release of Students to the
telephone registration system.
2.
Assess a penalty of $50 per course for courses dropped during the period between the
time specified in 1. above, and the end of Week 1 if the student's course load
declines as a result. The maximum penalty for withdrawal from all courses during
this period will be $100. (Presently 100% refund)
3.
Assess a penalty of $100 per course dropped during Week 2 if the student's course
load declines as a result. (Presently 100% refund less $100 deposit)
4.
No refund for courses dropped after Week 2 if the student's course load declines as a
result. (Presently 100% refund less $100 deposit in Weeks 2 and 3 and 50% refund
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subject to retention of the $100 deposit in Week 4)
The established appeal procedure will continue to be available to consider exceptions to the
tuition fee refund policy.
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