Out-Of-Pocket Tuition Cost of a Wisconsin Private College Education Drops Yet Again
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Newsletter of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) SUMMER 2010 VOL. 42 NO. 2 WAICU INDEPENDENT INSIGHTS WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT Technology and/versus teachers? COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Some months ago at a meeting of edu- is not information without the ability to AlvernoAlverno College cational leaders I attended in Washington, evaluate, analyze, and apply that information BeloitBeloit College D.C., a speaker—perhaps carried away with CardinalCardinal StritchStritch UniversityUniversity enthusiasm—stated that technology had fun- CarrollCarroll University damentally changed the nature of education. CarthageCarthage College He said that “education no longer requires ConcordiaConcordia University University Wisconsin a sage, because technology now performs EdgewoodEdgewood College LakelandLakeland College the task of ‘information sorter.’” I agree that LawrenceLawrence University technology has transformed the tools of the MarianMarian University educator. Indeed, it has ever been thus; the MarquetteMarquette University invention of a printing press with movable MilwaukeeMilwaukee Institute Institute ofof Art Art & & Design Design type by Johannes Gutenberg circa 1439 had MilwaukeeMilwaukee SchoolSchool of EngineeringEngineering as significant an impact on education as the MountMount Mary College invention of the internet. Does technology in the classroom change the role NorthlandNorthland College However, the speaker made two serious er- of teachers? RiponRipon College rors. First, education is about so much more St.St. NorbertNorbert CollegeCollege than information. Of course, information— is not what education is all about. I am not SilverSilver Lake CollegeCollege finding and knowing the facts—is essential. saying such an enterprise is worthless; even ViterboViterbo University WisconsinWisconsin Lutheran CollegeCollege But simply heaping up more and more data collecting bottle caps has its place. However, continued on page 7 Out-of-pocket tuition cost of a Wisconsin private college education drops yet again In spite of some of the most challenging economic times in decades, the net tuition at a Wisconsin private college has Net Tuition at Wisconsin's Private dropped again, for the third year in a row. Colleges and Universities $7,000 New figures reported to the U.S. Department of Education, $7,000 and analyzed by WAICU, show that in 2008-2009, the average $6,000 out-of-pocket tuition cost paid by students and their fami- $5,000 $4,000 lies at Wisconsin’s twenty private colleges, thanks to dramatic $4,000 $3,000 increases in institutional aid from the colleges themselves, was $2,000 $4,737—a drop of $499 from the year before. $1,000 $0 In 2008-2009, the average tuition and fees among the twenty $0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 WAICU-member schools was $23,215, but the average financial 2006-07 2007-08 2009-10 aid package was $18,478, leaving $4,737 as the net tuition. For comparison, the average charge for tuition and fees at the board, but these costs are quite similar in the public and private UW 4-year campuses in 2008-09 was $6,523. sectors. It’s also important to note that the average private college “This generous financial aid is the result of hard work by financial aid package is made up of 71 percent grants—monies our colleges and their presidents,” said WAICU president Rolf that do not have to be paid back—and only 29 percent loans. Wegenke, “and shows we live by the WAICU motto of working On top of tuition, students must pay for books and room and together to advance educational opportunity.” COUNSELOR NEWS & NOTES COMMENCEMENTS On the road with Private College Week 2010 Alverno College: May 14 and 15. Alverno Students and famlies are invited to and “PBS Newshour” throughout May and faculty, administrators, and students were all tour the 20 private colleges and univer- June. featured speakers. sities of Wisconsin during Wisconsin Private College Week, Monday through continued on page 8 Beloit College: May 9. David Axelrod, Saturday, July 12-17, 2010. senior advisor to President Barack Obama As in past years, in addition to campus and a Beloit College parent, addressed the tours, there will be chances to meet with graduating class. admission and financial aid staff—and a waiver of application fees after the visit. Cardinal Stritch University: May 15. A mixture of traditional and online Janine Geske, distinguished professor of media will mark this year’s Private College law, Marquette University Law School, and Week campaign. former state Supreme Court justice, was PCW10 will have a heavy web pres- the commencement speaker. ence utilizing many of the more success- ful elements from last year’s campaign. Carroll University: May 9. Gregg Our messages of affordability, generous Steinhafel, chairman of the board, presi- financial aid, and better graduation dent and chief executive officer of Target rates will be featured on Weather.com, Corporation, and a 1977 Carroll graduate Facebook, and many of the state’s major was the keynote speaker. online news websites. On June 5th, WAICU will sponsor Carthage College: May 23. Rev. Timothy the statewide broadcast of Wisconsin Wengert and Rev. Carl Nelson were given Public Television’s auction fundraiser. honorary degrees. Additionally, our underwriter credits will appear on a variety of PBS shows such as Concordia University Wisconsin: May 15. “Antiques Road Show,” “This Old House,” Rev. Dr. Karl Barth, a leader in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, addressed the graduates. REGISTER NOW! New look for the Edgewood College: May 16. Graduating Fall 2010 WAICU students Rori Flynn, Sue Orme, and William WAICU Guide McCoy were the featured speakers. School Counselor The 2011 Guide to Admission and Workshops Financial Aid will have a distinctly differ- Lakeland College: May 2. William Younger, ent look than in the past. Jr., managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures Capitalizing on the WAICU brand, of Palo Alto, Calif., delivered the college’s 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “From here, you can go anywhere,” the commencement address. No charge to attend covercover will feature a lone climberclimb scaling an ice Lawrence University: June 13. Lawrence Monday, October 11, 2010 wall.wall. “It’s the strength graduate Thomas Steitz, 2009 Nobel Prize Edgewood College, Madison of theth picture that winner in chemistry and Sterling Professor Tuesday, October 19, 2010 appealedappe to us and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Marian University, Fond du Lac to ouro focus group at Yale University, will be the keynote Thursday, October 21, 2010 of students and speaker. Concordia University Wisconsin, counselors,”co said Mequon WAICUW president Marian University: May 14 and 15. RolfR Wegenke. “We Featured speakers were graduating stu- Agenda includes continental break- concentratec on dents Matthew Mueller, David D. Wanless, fast, breakout sessions with WAICU- thethe individualind student, Aisha Carr, and Joshua Ingrams. member colleges and universities, a and help them find the path to their presentation from the WAICU Student dreams.” Marquette University: May 23. Wendy Access Center, lunch, and a tour of the Some 140,000 copies of the Guide Kopp, founder and chief executive officer of host campus. Register for the workshop will be distributed statewide over the next Teach For America, addressed the graduat- of your choice at waicu.org/counselors. year. ing class. continued on page 6 2 SUMMER 2010 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS ALL WAICU MEMBERS FEATURED IN A REGULAR ROTATION Strong emphasis on ethics director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute. ‘This is how I live,’ which is much more “They are powerful because they can say, credible than someone who merely says, builds trust ‘This is how you should think.’ The latter may challenge the audience, but the for- VITERBO UNIVERSITY mer both challenges and inspires.” Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor The institute also sponsors a Elie Wiesel. Rwandan genocide survivor “Leadership at Noon” series with business Immaculee Ilibagiza. Three Cups of Tea leaders, an ethics-based radio program, author and Pennies for Peace founder conferences, workshops, and a certificate Greg Mortenson. program. These are just three of the prominent The ethics institute is a perfect fit for speakers brought to Viterbo University Viterbo because each class at the univer- through its D.B. Reinhart Institute for sity includes a moral or values component Ethics in Leadership. Now entering its that emphasizes the ethical issues relative second decade, the ethics institute con- to the particular subject matter. tinues to provide a series of lectures by “I hope that we are looked upon as nationally renowned figures who come a place of ideas, where people can raise to Viterbo to share their perspectives on questions about difficult topics and find wide-ranging topics in ethics. genuine, meaningful answers, not pro- Wiesel, the author of Night, a memoir paganda or hyperbole,” Kyte said. “After of his Holocaust experiences as a teen- all, deep-seated ethical problems are only resolved through conversations that ager, told the audience, “We are here to Nobel laureate and author Elie Wiesel is help you. My generation had the reasons come out of trusting relationships. We’re just one of the world-class speakers who to give up faith and hope. Instead, we 10 years old, and when I look back, the have addressed ethical issues at Viterbo embraced our pain and suffering.” growth we have experienced is phenom- University’s D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics “Our speakers address ethics in a enal.” variety of different fields,” said Rick Kyte, in Leadership. Students learn leadership skills through humor and life lessons presentation, “The Art of Possibility,” how has expanded in just five years. “We have MARIAN UNIVERSITY students can become good leaders through been very impressed by the growth in the understanding their level of student own leadership styles. involvement,” Motivation for achievement of Bertolino and said Candee. goals. Explorationof all opportunities. Leipold entertained Overall, the Development of tomorrow’s leaders.