INCOME CHANGES   Income increases of $84,377,000 are projected for 2004-05, including: $46,029,000 from projected tuition and fees increases, a requested appropriation increase of $28,348,000 for basic operating costs, and $10,000,000 in additional support from the Commonwealth for the first year of a three-year plan to increase funding for the College of Medicine.     An increase of $28,348,000 from the state would restore Penn State’s line-item appropriations to their 2001-02 levels. The one exception is the Cooperative Extension line item which is $1,379,000 higher commensurate with the restoration of the Cooperative Extension funding by the Commonwealth in 2003-04. If the Commonwealth were able to provide these funds, the basic tuition rate increase for Pennsylvania resident students would be 4.0 percent. If the Commonwealth is only able to restore Penn State’s appropriation to its 2002-03 level (an increase of $16,127,000), the basic tuition increase would be 5.8 percent. In addition to the basic increase, additional tuition charges will be implemented for lower division, upper division and graduate students consistent with the recommendations of the Tuition Task Force approved by Penn State’s Board of Trustees on July 12, 2002. The information technology fee also will increase by $15 per semester to support library resources and student computing and telecommunications needs, and the student activities fee will increase by $2 per semester at the University Park campus and $1 per semester at other locations.   Next Section Return to Table of Contents