After recently protesting tuition hikes at Tigert Hall, Students for a Democratic Society will need to develop a formal proposal for reform before securing a meeting with UF President Bernie Machen.
Members of SDS met Friday with Mary Kay Schneider Carodine, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, to discuss Machen's expectations before agreeing to a meeting.
Carodine said Machen wants the proposal to have "as much specificity as possible."
SDS member Chrisley Carpio attended the meeting and said she and fellow members were under the impression they were going to finalize a meeting with Machen - a meeting she said she now feels wouldn't happen even with a proposal.
She said SDS still plans on developing a proposal - one they would want to present to Machen face to face.
"We aren't going to concern ourselves with sending it to the middle man," she said.
Carodine said administrators studied the range of student and family income levels and financial aid issues before deciding to raise tuition, and if students have realistic suggestions for how to account for budget shortfalls, they should put them forward.
"I want to encourage all students, if they have ideas, to present them to whoever is the relevant party," she said.
