Titan Tech Talk

The Student Technology Fee (STF) is a two percent addition to tuition, which translates into an approximate $900,000 every year that is spent on technology for student use.

The computers in the general access computer labs, for example, are funded through this fee. The committee is made up of eight students and four faculty/staff members. One student is a non-voting member who chairs the committee, and one faculty/staff member is a non-voting designee of the chancellor. This committee has yet to convene this academic year, but a meeting is imminent.

The Student Technology Fee Committee (STFC) accepts proposals from all members of the campus community, deliberates on their merits and delivers recommendations to the chancellor on the actual expenditures. There are quite a few rules to follow.

Technology that would benefit only one discipline isn't typically funded by STF. For instance, if the biology department submitted a proposal for new computers in the biology labs, STF may have to deny the proposal. Computers in the biology labs would not clearly benefit the whole of the student body, they would likely only benefit those who take biology classes.