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RIVERTON (WNE) — Central Wyoming College students will have to pay $10 more per credit this fall to help cover “significant decreases” in state funding and local property tax …
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RIVERTON (WNE) — Central Wyoming College students will have to pay $10 more per credit this fall to help cover “significant decreases” in state funding and local property tax values.
“We’re trying to figure out how we make ends meet,” CWC president Brad Tyndall said during a special meeting July 6. “This will definitely help.”
Administrators estimate the change, combined with new fees for transcripts and credit card payments, should bring in up to $290,000 in additional annual revenue.
Tyndall pointed out that CWC already suffered a “major economic hit” four years ago when it had to reduce its staff by about 30 positions.
Now, with the state facing a $1.5 billion budget shortfall, he said CWC needs to “share the burden a little bit.”
“This isn’t done lightly at all,” Tyndall said. “But we think it is a burden that can be carried by students and others. … The college alone can’t bear all the pain.”
He said CWC costs are still “very, very affordable.”
