R 143, WebAssign Zero-Charge Act

WebAssign Zero-Charge Act

R 143, 84th Session

Version Info:

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Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Hinton (Corresponding)

Current Status:

Adopted by Senate

Report(s):

None

Long Title:

AN ACT TO URGE THAT NO PER-CLASS WEBASSIGN SERVICE FEES BE CHARGED TO THE STUDENTS OF NC STATE UNIVERSITY

Summary of Purpose:

Opposes the new per-class charge for WebAssign proposed for the 2005-2006 academic year

Consideration History:

2-27-2005:

Filed for introduction

3-2-2005 Senate:

First Reading
Referred to the Tuition and Fees Committee by the Student Senate President

3-21-2005 Committee:

Tuition and Fees Committee Consideration

3-31-2005 Committee:

Tuition and Fees Committee Consideration

4-3-2005 Committee:

Tuition and Fees Committee Consideration

4-6-2005 Senate:

Discharged from Committee by consent
Adopted by roll call vote (Adopted: 35-4-0; 17 absent)

Roll Calls:

Senate, 4-6-2005:

Adopt R 143, Adopted: 35-4-0; 17 absent

Online Text

(as of 2-28-2005, as initially introduced)

RESOLUTION 143

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act to Urge that No Per-CLAss webassign service Fees be Charged to the students of nc state university

Short Title: WebAssign Zero-Charge Act (Public)

Sponsored by: Senator HINTON

First Reading: March 2, 2005 Version Date: February 27, 2005

Referred to: __________________________________________________________.

WHEREAS, the WebAssign program was developed by faculty at NC State University in 1997 as an innovative educational product for students to receive automatic feedback from homework assignments; and,

WHEREAS, WebAssign has remained a product without user fees for the students of NC State University through the education technology funding of student fees, allowing creative and flexible use by the faculty; and,

WHEREAS, WebAssign originally began as a student-friendly product, especially for NC State’s campus, but now is becoming a money-making scheme for a new corporation; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate highly opposes any additional charge for WebAssign use by the students of NC State University.

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