2 Monday, June 4,2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 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. 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