GUIDELINES REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION
OF TUITION FOR MULTI-CAMPUS STUDENTS
Effective, Winter Quarter 2003
Fundamentals:
Since most costs associated with tuition are instruction-related, it is
appropriate for tuition to flow as reasonably as possible based on where the
instructional costs are borne. Instructional subsidy is distributed in a similar
pattern.
Current limitations in the technical systems which support fee assessment
and student accounts impose the following constraints:
1. The "Campus of Enrollment" on a student's academic record is a key driver
in the fee assessment process. At present, the system will accommodate only
one "Campus of Enrollment" for an individual student, per quarter, and that
campus designation must match the fee assessment protocol.
2. While a course-based fee assessment process would most closely approximate
the tuition flow principle noted above, that approach is not practical under
the current system and fee assessment policy structure. For example, the fact
that Ohio State caps full-time tuition at a given number of credit hours,
and has graduated fees per credit hour, makes a true course-based fee assessment
process impractical.
Policy:
Therefore, for students who are registered for classes at more than one
campus of The Ohio State University during any single quarter, their fees
will be assessed based on the campus carrying the majority
of their instructional credit hours.
Practice:
As a practical matter, in order for the current fee assessment protocol
to support this approach, the following will be required:
1. The "Campus of Enrollment" must match between the fee assessment protocol
and the majority of credit hours taken.
2. This pattern will be necessary regardless of whether a student is registered
on a single or multiple campuses of Ohio State, and regardless of whether
or not a student considers himself/herself as associated with any particular
campus for advising or other purposes.
Since instructional subsidy is based on registration as of the Census Date
(currently the 15th-day of classes), the “Campus of Enrollment”
should also be considered set by the Census Date.
Although the following instructional patterns may not be considered "site-bound"
in the traditional sense, they still require instructional support. Therefore,
the credit hours from these courses will be factored into this policy based
on the campus which is most directly related to the course offering. Examples
include:
1. Distance Learning/Education courses
2. Thesis/Dissertation hours
3. Arranged hours
Regional Campus students will not be permitted to register for a majority
of their credit hours on the Columbus Campus if they do not meet the admissions
or transfer criteria for the Columbus Campus. No Regional Campus student with
less than 45 earned hours or less than a 2.00 GPA should be registered for
ANY Columbus Campus course without specific permission from an academic adviser
on their respective Regional Campus.
Exceptions to these guidelines will be made by the Office of the University
Registrar, and only in extremely unusual circumstances.
