In an attempt to deal with the dire situations of campuses across the UNC-system, President Molly Broad has unveiled a new proposal that would split the cost of building and renovation between students and taxpayers. 

The student burden would be imposed in student fees and tuition. The plan proposes a $100 increase in student fees next fall which would total $275 by the 2002-03 academic year. 

The state’s General Assembly would be asked to match the increase in student fees. 

All campuses would raise tuition by 2.1 percent. Appalachian State University would increase by $120. Chapel-Hill and N.C. State would add $200 on top of that. 

With the fee raise approved by Appalachian’s Board of Trustees last semester, off-campus students could pay $220 and resident-students could pay as much as $570 more next semester. 

Chancellor Francis T. Borkowski, along with the majority of UNC-system leaders including President Broad, support the raise in student burden with “grave reluctance.” 

The Chancellor said he has a philosophical problem with students paying for academic buildings. 

The plan is still in its embryonic stages and nothing can be stated with any certainty. 

Friday the UNC-system Board of Governors will hold a workshop in which the pros and cons will be debated. Following the workshop there will be a full meeting of the board. The plan could be endorsed, amended or nothing could be done at all. 

Regardless, once the plan is passed through the Board of Governors it must pass through the Legislature and the Governor’s Office.