ENMU regents change fees

It will no longer cost $30 to graduate from Eastern New Mexico University.

ENMU has been levying the fee for years. Last year the fee generated $30,000 for the university.

The action came at Friday’s regular session of the ENMU Board of Regents.

Tony Major, Vice President Business Affairs and System Chief Financial Officer, put the proposal forward along with a proposal to lower ENMU’s online fee from $17 to $14 per credit hour.

The remaining fees will transfer to the “mandatory student fee” of $106 per credit hour raising that fee to $120 per credit hour without raising actual tuition, Major said.

Major outlined in the agenda “we are estimating an additional $1 million in operating costs for fiscal year 2024-2025.”

“We believe without continuing efforts to improve operating efficiencies and increase in our state appropriation and enrollment we can cover this additional cost,” Major outlined.

Regent Lance Pyle suggested the online fees go to a special fund for improvements to enhance information technology at ENMU.

Regents approved the measure.

In other business:

• In his report to Regents, ENMU Chancellor James Johnston noted the university’s Social Work program including $2 million from the state’s Higher Education Department for scholarships in the program.