Tuition cheaper next summer

Summer school tuition fees will be cheaper for Cal State Long Beach students next year.

When Gov. Gray Davis, signed his 2001 budget on June 30,  approximately $20 million was sent to the California State University for year-round school operations.

"[Tuition] will be the same as current fall fees," said Colleen  Bentley-Adler, director of public affairs for the CSU system. "The six units or less and six units or more [prices will be offered].  We will charge the same amount during the regular year."

International students, however, will not be so fortunate.

"International students during summer are on a different fee schedule than California resident students," Bentley-Adler said.

CSU Chancellor Charles Reed requested the money increase, Bentley-Adler said.

Currently, summer tuition goes toward the upkeep of faculty offices, the opening of campus buildings and classes being offered, she said.

The summer session fees are not funded by the state, which is why student prices are higher, Bentley-Adler she said. During the regular school year, the state funds the courses.

All CSU campuses offer summer school, Bently-Adler said.

"Most [schools] offer full-credit courses in the summer," she said. "Every CSU campus
runs its own campus [summer school program]. The uni-versity's are autonomous. But they all offer some type of summer school."

Generally, current CSU summer tuition is not uniform throughout its campuses, said Wendy Rayburn, coordinator of CSULB summer and special sessions.

"There is a variance between each campus. Summer schools vary in the range of dates and sessions offered," she said.

Current summer school pay to instructors is based on rank of the faculty, number of students enrolled and number of units a course is, Rayburn said.

The full salary for an instructor who teaches three units at the CSULB  during the summer is $3,075, she said. Assistant professors make $3,375, associate professors tally $4,254 and a professor makes $5,376.

CSULB currently charges a variety of prices for summer school, averaging about $390 for a three unit course, or $130 per unit in others, according to the University College and Extension Services Summer Session 2000 booklet.

With three sessions during the summer, students can enroll in a maximum of six units per session. Students do not have to enrolled at CSULB to take the courses.