3/25/03, On the Front Page - Almanac, Vol.49, No. 26

On the Front Page

Commencement Speaker: Desmond Tutu and the Honorary Degree Recipients
Stephen Breyer, Herbert Gans, Sadako Ogata, Mamphela Ramphele and Philip Roth will join Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Honorary Degree recipients at this year's commencement.

Total Undergraduate Charges: 4.8 Percent Increase for
2003-2004
Total undergraduate charges for tuition, fees, room and board at Penn will increase 4.8% for the 2003-2004 academic year from $36,212 in 2002-2003 to $37,960 in 2003-2004. The increase was approved on Friday by the Trustees.

Tuition and general fees for undergraduate students for the 2003-2004 academic year will increase 4.8%, from $27,988 to $29,318; average room and board charges will increase 5.1%, from $8,224 to $8,642, yielding an increase in total charges of 4.8%.

Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 26, March 25, 2003

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Tuesday,
March 25, 2003
Volume 49 Number 26
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Stephen Breyer, Herbert Gans, Sadako Ogata, Mamphela Ramphele and Philip Roth will join Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Honorary Degree recipients at this year's commencement.

The Trustees announce undergraduate charges increase of 4.8 percent.

Human Resources discusses health care and Penn with the first in a series of articles discussing the cost of health care at Penn.

Energy Conservation Reminder as the cooling season begins.

A new program for University Research Foundation Conference Support is announced.

Location of CCTV cameras for public spaces is updated.

An Executive Summary of the 2001-2002 Report of the Faculty Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty is released with the full report available on-line.