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Regents Policy 5.7.4 Programs with Tuition Variances
Summer 2008
Campus: University of Nebraska at Kearney
Program: Non-resident Tuition Reduction for students recruited by the Bahamian Alumni Association
Approved: August 22, 2006
Description: The University of Nebraska at Kearney is particularly interested in attracting more international
students and developing student and faculty exchange opportunities to increase diversity and
enrollment. Based on former large population of Bahamian students at UNK at one time reaching
60 students, UNK developed a Bahamian Alumni Association as a means to recruit new students
from the Bahamas to bring back the number of students once here from mostly Freeport, Grand
Bahama. In the Fall 2006, after the formation of the Bahamian Alumni Association (BAA), the
BAA and UNK developed an agreement that would bring Bahamian students to study at UNK
provided UNK could offer a tuition reduction plan. Therefore, recognizing that there is a large
number of potential international students interested in study in the United States, that institutions
throughout the nation as well as in most western nations are competing to attract highly qualified
international students, and that for many international students, cost is a very real factor
challenging their ability to study in the United States, UNK proposed to reduce tuition charged to
qualified Bahamian students recruited to the University of Nebraska at Kearney by the BAA. This
differential tuition proposal to charge 150% of UNK resident tuition to these students was
approved by President Milliken in August 2006. Because of the late date of approval only one
student from the Bahamas came to UNK to study. However, this student was also admitted to the
Honors program. More Bahamians will arrive in the future. In the Summer of 2008, 1Bahamian
student studied at UNK.
Enrollment and Tuition:
Bahamian Students at UNK
Summer 2008
STUDENTS
CREDIT TUITION
ENROLLED
HOURS DOLLARS
TOTAL 1 1.00 $205.88
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