In Candidacy Fee

The subcommittee of the Graduage Council to explore the problem of Graduate registration reported to teh Graduate Council at its May meeting. It recommended "that, immediately after their advancement to candidacy, graduate students be allowed to register for full-time study and research on a new, adjusted fee-scheduel to be developed at the earliest possible opportunity through the President's office in consulatation with the Office of Admissions and Records and any other Campus or University-wide offices and committees directly involved in the fee structure of the University.

Establishment of the post-candidacy fee level cannot be done simply or arbitrarily. The whol question of tuition and student fees in the California system is too complex and too intricately involved in many aspects of University financing and governance for this committe to make any specific recommendations. It is our belief, however, that the total charge to post-candidacy students should approach 25% and certainly be no more than 50% of the charge to pre-candidacy students. Until an adjustement of this general natureis made, enforcement of the obligatory, continuous registration will continue to be virtually impossible."

The report was approved to be sent before the Academic Senate. The Chair of the GA presented copies of the report to the heads of the GSA's of the other eight campuses. Feelings were generally positive but most of the presidents felt that no fees should be incurred.

President elect Saxon was questioned about this topic at his meeting with the SBPC. Saxon stood firmly behind his previous position written earlier while he was at Santa Barbara. Essentially he feels that when a student is advanced to candidacy, they have earned the right to continue without payment of further fees. If the University still requires fees, then the student should be subsidized to that extent. However, Saxon did not expound on the how and the when of implementation of his views.