Statement on Law School's Proposed Tuition Increase

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:46:44 +0000

Statement on Law School's Proposed Tuition Increase Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 03/29/2021 - 13:46

With relief and excitement, we appreciate today's announcement from the Provost that the University of Colorado will be moving closer to pre-pandemic operations in the next academic year. However, the university's budget has not fully recovered from the past year, and although the state legislature has restored the CU system budget to prepandemic levels, they have not fully accounted for inflation. This creates a budget shortfall, and we at GPSG wish to strongly emphasize that the University should not compensate for this by raising tuition for any graduate or professional program until at least 2030. Currently, the Law School is considering a proposed tuition hike of 3% ($3,000). The University's already grossly inflated tuition costs will only continue to exacerbate future financial crises, and make CU an unaffordable choice for many students. We encourage our students to contact the Board of Regents (CUBoardofRegents@cu.edu) and your local State Legislators and state your opposition to tuition hikes, the desperate need to move away from the restrictive tax structure imposed by TABOR and Gallagher, and for the state to fulfill its mandate to provide an affordable higher education to all residents.

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Statement Regarding Law School Dean Search Committee

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 21:59:07 +0000

Statement Regarding Law School Dean Search Committee Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/15/2020 - 15:59

Read our latest statement regarding student representative on the search committee for the next Law School Dean from our President, Matt Vondrasek:

Dear Provost Moore,

I am writing to ask you to reconsider the makeup of the search committee for a new law school dean. The Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) believes that having a 14 person search committee that only includes two students is not appropriate nor equitable. I have spoken to the law school Student Bar Association President Clarke Cooper and he agrees. I have every confidence that Taylor Schad and John Harrison will do their best to represent student interests. However, I fear their voices and their votes will be afterthoughts in the current search committee composition.

We are formally requesting that you add two students to the search committee for the next Colorado Law dean. I believe this change would more adequately represent the diverse interests, goals, and needs of law students. I would also encourage choosing to add students of diverse backgrounds that can help bring a voice to the table from groups that are chronically underrepresented in law schools and the legal community at large.

As a law student myself, I cannot be more proud of the work Dean Anaya has done to make Colorado Law more diverse, inclusive, and accessible for students from a wide variety of backgrounds. I hope that our requested changes can help build on that legacy and propel Colorado Law and the entire Colorado legal community into a more just and equitable world. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Very Sincerely,

Matthew Vondrasek (he/him/his)

President, Graduate and Professional Student Government

You can find a PDF version of the statement here.

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