At some UW schools, online classes come with extra fees even when in-person option isn’t offered | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, incoming freshmen pay a $305 new student fee.
At UW-Milwaukee, graduating seniors pay a $40 degree processing fee.
And at UW-Green Bay, students pay an additional $25 per credit to take an online course, even when no face-to-face option is offered.
Across higher education, fees can seem as frequent as Friday night parties. From course registration to placement exams to student-athlete participation, universities are tacking on charges that raise additional revenue in a budget landscape with limited options. But what may seem minor to the bursar’s office can strain students’ budgets.
UW-Green Bay junior John Reinke paid an extra $300 in fees this semester for four online courses, all of which he said were required for his psychology major and none of which offered an in-person option to avoid the fees.
“Tuition is high enough on its own — adding online course fees on top of it, for courses that are mandatory, creates a two-tiered pricing system within the same education,” Reinke wrote in a online petition signed by more than 600 others. “It’s hard not to feel like we’re being charged extra just for trying to graduate.”
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