1. Student Technology Fee Hearing February 2017
Student Tech Fee
Student Technology Fee Hearing
February 2017

2. Student Technology Fee
FY 2017
FY 2018 Increase
(proposed)
FY 2018
Full Time
$115.30
$9.70
$125.00
Part Time
$9.61
$0.81
$10.42
Summer
Estimated Revenue
~ $3,571,171
~ $300,381
~ $3,871,552
(+8.4%)

3. OIT Budget Sources FY17

4. What have we done with tech fees?
Expanded customer support and services for students – 5 Zones on campus
Expanded lab computers and locations
Software licensing for kiosks, labs, and classroom computers
Wireless 80 access points  1,400 access points
Internet Bandwidth 400 Mbytes  5 Gbytes
Upgraded 90 classrooms over the last 3 years – over 150 classrooms centrally support by Fall 2017
Rolled out eAdvisor/Smart Planner, MyBoiseState, and Student Success Dashboards
Student and Staff Salaries ($500K and 18/130 FTE)
Upgraded and supported student systems , i.e., PS Campus Solutions, Blackboard, etc.

5. Peer Institution Tech Fee
UT-San Antonio
$325
Educause Core Data Survey Median Fee
$253
Northern Arizona University
$210
California State – Fresno
$174
Utah State
$168
Gonzaga
$130
Boise State
$115
University of Nevada-Reno
$105
University of New Orleans
$85

6. Why the Increase? Increasing Importance and Scope
Increasing Demand – anytime, anyplace, any device
Boise State needs to keep pace with this in a judicious and forward looking vision
Specifically – classrooms, student & staff increases, software, network, delivery of content & software
Technology is increasingly important in all aspects of the lives of our students, faculty, and staff. Boise State needs to keep pace with this in a judicious and forward looking vision. There is an on-going and increasing demand for technology services anytime, anyplace, and on any device. This requires hardware, software, staff, and services to support the ever growing demand. The fee increase will allow OIT and the University to provide more services with robust customer (student) support and help meet the increase on-going demand. Students, faculty, and staff expect support and availability of systems and services 24 by 7. There is an increased cost associated with this. The increased tech fee will help offset the cost of redundancy and 24 by 7 availability.
Additional classrooms are being added to central support and tech refresh - currently at 130 classrooms. Adding approximately 30 classrooms a year. 30 classrooms equates to about $150K in cost plus labor. Number of software titles and maintenance is growing at 7-10% ($66K - $95K). Student and staff salary increases are projected to be $80K. Maker Lab expansion in the library will be funded. Network bandwidth growth and wireless expansion is also needed. This is a continuing and ongoing need. Further investigation into using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) into delivery of content and software to off-campus/on-line students needs funding. Building core system redundancy is also needed.

7. Questions?