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Executive Staff, Office of the Chancellor

Provosts

Vice Presidents, Finance

Deans of Business

Deans of Graduate Studies

Budget Officers

Bursars

Directors of International Programs

Financial Aid Directors

1. Authority
   This executive order is issued under the authority granted by Education Code Sections 89035, 89700, and 89724; Standing Orders of the Board of Trustees, Section II (i); and Board of Trustees’ Resolution RFIN 05-09-03; and it is consonant with Executive Order 1034.
   
   
2. Establishment and Terms of Fee Assessment
   
   2.1      Effective Date
   Effective fall 2009 a Category I per-unit fee in state-supported professional graduate business programs shall be implemented as provided for in this executive order.
   
   2.2      Applicability
   
   2.2.1         The Graduate Business Professional Fee shall be charged on a per-unit basis for all required courses in state-supported professional master of business degree programs that are subject to accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB International) and that are authorized by the trustees or chancellor to assess such fees.
   
   2.2.2         Students in conditionally classified admission status in graduate professional programs shall be charged the Graduate Business Professional Fee on a per-unit basis for each prerequisite course taken in fulfillment of graduation requirements for these fee-authorized programs.
   
   2.2.3         Programs authorized as of the issuance of this policy to assess these fees to enrolled students are listed on Attachment 1 to this executive order.        
   
   2.3     Assessment of Fees
   
   2.3.1         This fee shall be in addition to the State University Fee, applicable non-resident tuition, and any campus-based fees.
   
   2.3.2         This fee shall be assessed in the amount of $210 per semester unit or $140 per quarter unit.
   
   2.4      Fee Waivers
   
   Employee fee waivers and other fee waivers are authorized by statute.  The terms of authorized employee fee waivers are subject to change and are agreed upon as outlined in collective bargaining contracts.  Please consult current Human Resources Technical Memoranda at http://www.calstate.edu/HRAdm/memos.shtml
   
   
3. Establishing Fees in Additional Applicable Programs
   
   Upon request of a campus president, the chancellor is authorized to approve the assessment of a Graduate Business Professional Fee upon students enrolled in state-supported professional master’s degrees in business that are subject to accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International and that are not included in the original roster of fee-authorized programs.
   
   
4. Fee Revenue
   
   In accordance with Education Code Section 89721(l), revenue collected from all higher education fees shall be deposited in a local trust unless otherwise specified.
   
   
5. Provision for Financial Aid
   
   Presidents are directed to set aside a minimum of 25% and not more than 33% of the Graduate Business Professional Fee revenue for need-based financial aid, with such funds to be used first to meet the demonstrated financial need of students in affected campus professional graduate degree programs in business; and that any part of the revenue that is not awarded to professional business master’s degree program students be made available to meet demonstrated financial need of any other undergraduate or graduate students on the campus.
   
   
6. Modification of Existing Fees
   
   Beginning in fall 2010, for each adjustment made by trustee action to the State University Fee for graduate students, an equal adjustment will be made to the graduate professional business Category I fee.
   
   
7. Accountability
   
   In the 2011-12 fiscal year, campuses shall report to the chancellor on their progress in addressing the following expectations of the Board of Trustees.
   
   7.1       Enrollment growth in professional master’s degree programs in business, consistent with campus strategic plans.
   
   7.2       Growth in enrollment diversity in such programs, including improved representation of persons of modest financial means, improved representation of persons from currently underrepresented groups, and a more balanced gender representation among students.
   
   7.3       Support for students through such means as providing internships and placement assistance at the completion of their graduate business programs.
   
   7.4       Improvements in faculty recruitment and retention rates.
   
   7.5         For programs that seek accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, maintenance of accredited status.

Charles B. Reed Chancellor