Contact: Monty Jones, (512) 499-4363

Date: October 14, 2003

UT System News Media Advisory

System-wide Tuition Meeting Open to News Media

Members of the news media may cover a meeting on Wednesday, October 15, of the University of Texas System Commission on Tuition. The commission was appointed by Chancellor Mark G. Yudof to provide advice on proposals from the System's component institutions for setting tuition.

The meeting will be by video teleconference and will begin at 2 p.m. News media representatives in Austin may attend in Room 102 of Ashbel Smith Hall, 201 W. 7th Street. Parking for the news media will be available at the guard kiosk on Colorado Street between 7th and 6th Streets.

Members of the news media in other cities should contact the public affairs office of a U. T. System campus to determine the location of the video teleconference on that campus. A list of those offices is attached below.

The meeting is designed for the news media to attend as observers. This is not a news conference. Media questions for participants in the meeting should be reserved for after the meeting.

The agenda is as follows:

• Welcome and introduction by Chancellor Yudof.
• Update on tuition consultations.
• Update of the state's "B on Time" loan repayment program.
• Update on the Texas Tomorrow Fund.
• Presentation on financial aid.
• Logistics for Nov. 14-15 meeting of the commission to review campus proposals.
• Discussion.
  
  

U.T. System component public affairs offices (contact information)