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Fee Re-alignment

Fee Re-alignment

In accordance with Bylaws Article VIII, Section 2.b, the REN-ISAC Board voted in favor of a REN-ISAC staff recommendation that the membership fee structure remain unchanged for Fiscal Year 2018/19 (FY18/19). There will be no increase in the amount of fees paid per classification level.

However, REN-ISAC will make administrative changes to re-align some member institutions with more appropriate fee categories for FY18/19. These changes are meant to right-size how the fee structure is utilized in two ways. First, REN-ISAC seeks to reduce over-reliance on the "all other" fee category, which has been used as a "catch-all" for nearly 50% of member institutions. Second, for U.S. colleges and universities, the fee assessment will be based on the 2015 version of the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, rather than the 2010 version currently in use.

All Management Representatives and billing contacts will be notified via email by September 30 regarding these changes. The email will include a breakdown of the changes, and the difference (if any) between FY2017/18 and FY2018/19 in membership fees for that particular institution.

Those being moved from the "all other" category are non-US colleges/universities, education networks, medical centers, research centers, and institutions we classify as university administration. This change will impact approximately 100 of our member institutions. The impact of moving to the 2015 version of the Carnegie Classification will impact approximately 50 institutions.

Non-US colleges and universities will be assessed based on student enrollment (full, part-time, and graduate combined), using the table below. Colleges and universities in the United States will continue to be assessed according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Enrollment Range (AU, CA, NZ, and UK Universities Only)	Annual Membership Fee
1 to 2,500	$ 1,250
2,501 to 10,000	$ 1,500
10,001 to 25,000	$ 2,250
Over 25,000	$ 2,500

For visual references that express these changes, please see the illustrations and table below.

To check how your institution is classified, you can search listings in the Carnegie database. When reviewing the results, look in the "Classification" column for "Basic". The following table highlights our fee structure.

Fee Group	Classification Category	Annual Fee
A	U.S. doctoral universities: highest research activity in Carnegie	$ 2,500.00
A	AU, NZ, CA, UK universities over 25,000 enrollment	$ 2,500.00
B	U.S. doctoral universities: higher research activity in Carnegie	$ 2,250.00
B	AU, NZ, CA, UK universities up to 25,000 enrollment	$ 2,250.00
B	Medical centers and teaching hospitals	$ 2,250.00
C	U.S. doctoral universities: moderate research activity in Carnegie	$ 1,500.00
C	U.S. master's colleges & universities: larger programs in Carnegie	$ 1,500.00
C	AU, NZ, CA, UK universities up to 10,000 enrollment	$ 1,500.00
C	Research & education networks	$ 1,500.00
C	Research centers (federally funded)	$ 1,500.00
C	Individual departments and university administration	$ 1,500.00
D	U.S. Colleges/Universities Not Classified Above	$ 1,250.00
D	AU, NZ, CA, UK Universities up to 2,500 Enrollment	$ 1,250.00
D	Associate's Colleges, Community Colleges	$ 1,250.00
D	Consortia of 2 or more U.S. colleges*	$ 1,250.00

Full explanation of our Membership Fees

* In most cases, each institution in the consortium is assessed a membership fee