Lumen Program Form: Resources, Budget, and Finance Section

Table of Contents

• Is this a service-based pricing program?
• What is the tuition structure for this program?
• Select a tuition increment
• What is the rationale for selecting this tuition increment?
• Will segregated fees be charged?
• Rationale for segregated fees.
• Describe resource and fiscal considerations
  • Provide an overview of plans for funding the program including program administration, instructional/curricular delivery, academic and career advising, technology needs, marketing (if relevant), financial aid and scholarships (if relevant), capacity for student learning outcomes assessment and program review.
  • Are the faculty, instructional staff and key personnel existing or new faculty and staff? If they already serve existing programs, how are they able to add this workload? If new faculty and staff will be added, how will they be funded?
  • What impacts will the program have on staffing needs beyond the immediate program? How are those needs being met?
  • For graduate programs, describe plans for funding students including but not limited to funding sources and how funding decisions will be made.
• UW System Administration and the Board of Regents require submission of budget information in a specific format.
• Are new Library resources needed to support this program?
• Memo from the Libraries confirming that the needs can be addressed.
• For graduate programs, describe plans for funding students including but not limited to funding sources and how funding decisions will be made. For each graduate student you will admit, indicate the type of funding for each of the five guaranteed years.

Fields

Is this a service-based pricing program?

A service-based pricing program (also referred to as 131 or non-pooled tuition) requires additional layers of approval. Please refer to the Procedures for Service-Based Pricing Program Proposals KB.

If a degree/major (plan) is creating new named options (subplan), the answer to this question for the degree/major should always say No, even if they are creating named options that will be service-based pricing.

What is the tuition structure for this program?

Please see the Tuition Structures KB for additional information on the different tuition types. If you select "market-based tuition" or "online/distance per-credit tuition," you will need to select a tuition increment and will need to provide a rationale for selecting the tuition increment, as well as upload the appropriate tuition request form.

Select a tuition increment

For both market-based tuition and online/distance program tuition, a specified tuition increment must be selected from the drop-down menu. There is no plateau and tuition residency status is not considered. Note: Starting Spring 2020, service-based pricing programs will be expected to use a per-credit tier rate for market-based or online tuition by Fall 2021. The practice of using standard graduate tuition will be phased out. 

What is the rationale for selecting this tuition increment?

This 300-word text field provides you an opportunity to explain how the specific tuition increment was selected. Articulate factors such as market review, peer programs, graduate outcomes, etc.

Will segregated fees be charged?

This is an admin field populated by DAPIR when the proposal is ready for governance review, based on the program modality. If the proposal is a degree or major proposal and their 

Rationale for segregated fees.

This question will appear when the delivery mode is 100% online. The presumption will be that online programs will not charge segregated fees. Programs that will utilize services supported by segregated fees, or that have other reasons to charge segregated fees, may seek permission to charge fees, but in general should follow the procedures for market-based tuition if segregated fees will be charged.

Describe resource and fiscal considerations

Provide an overview of plans for funding the program including program administration, instructional/curricular delivery, academic and career advising, technology needs, marketing (if relevant), financial aid and scholarships (if relevant), capacity for student learning outcomes assessment and program review.

Are the faculty, instructional staff and key personnel existing or new faculty and staff? If they already serve existing programs, how are they able to add this workload? If new faculty and staff will be added, how will they be funded?

What impacts will the program have on staffing needs beyond the immediate program? How are those needs being met?

For graduate programs, describe plans for funding students including but not limited to funding sources and how funding decisions will be made.

UW System Administration and the Board of Regents require submission of budget information in a specific format.

These forms will be completed in collaboration with DAPIR after school/college approval and before submission to UWSA for Board consideration. These forms are uploaded here by DAPIR. 

Are new Library resources needed to support this program?

Memo from the Libraries confirming that the needs can be addressed.

For graduate programs, describe plans for funding students including but not limited to funding sources and how funding decisions will be made. For each graduate student you will admit, indicate the type of funding for each of the five guaranteed years.