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Monday, June 4,2007
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TUITION
Army ties expose gap in tuition policy
'U' reviews in-state tuition
standards after public outcry
over student's plight
By EMILY ANGELL
Daily News Editor,
After Joshua Guedesse was
admitted to the University this
spring he checked his financial aid
statement on Wolverine Access,
hoping the University had pro-
vided him with enough money to
allow him to transfer from Mon-
roe County Community College.
The statement told him that he
was being billed at the out-of-state
tuition rate of $40,000 per year:
"I was in shock," Guedesse said.
"I had no idea why I was being
charged that much or how I was
going to pay for it."
Although Guedesse graduated
from high school in Michigan and
has his own apartment in Monroe,
he was charged out-of-state tuition
because his father, an active mem-
ber of the U.S Coast Guard, was
transferred to Illinois last year.
Guedesse immediately called the
University, which said a change to
the initial financial aid statement
could take six to eight weeks.
Guedesse then sent a letter to
the Detroit Free Press.
After the Free Press ran a story
about him on May 23, Guedesse
received phone calls from law-
makers and the University Alumni
Association Chairman, former U.S.
Rep. Joe Schwarz, who said they
would do everything they could to
help him.
"In the beginning I was really
frustrated with the University,"
he said. "But I was really lucky to
receive all the publicity and all the
help I got from the Alumni Asso-
ciation and others."
The morning the story was
published in the Free Press, mem-
bers from the University's Alumni
Association called Guedesse to
offer their support.
"They were such a huge help,"
Guedesse said. "Three days after
the story was published, I received
a letter from the University say-
ing I was being granted in-state
tuition."
In a statement to the Free Press
on May 25, Senior Vice Provost
Lester Monts said, "under cur-
rent policy, a student whose non-
Michigan military family leaves
the state after being temporarily
stationed would not qualify for the
(in-state) tuition waiver."
He added, "the University is
deeply sympathetic to the unique
circumstances of military families
and is currently reviewing its poli-
cies."
University spokeswoman Kelly
Cunningham said no changes have
yet been made to the policy.
"Nothing has been changed or
decided as of yet," Cunningham
said. "Relevant UM administra-
tors are considering the current
policy and are discussing how any
changes to it to account for Mr.
Guedesse's situation may impact
residency policy as to other stu-
dents, including creating unan-
ticipated inequities for students in
similar situations."
Tuition policies related to stu-
dent residency are approved and
enacted bythe University Board of
Regents, said Cunningham.
She said any changes to the
tuition policy must be approved
by the Residency Office, the Resi-
dency Appeal Committee and the
Provost.
"Changes to the residency policy
occur when the Residency Office
and Residency Appeal Committee,
in conjunction with the Provost's
office, determine that an amend-
ment to current policy is appropri-
ate," she said. "A recommendation
for modification of the policy is
made by the Provost's office to
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