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Proposal to Eliminate students paying for parking at Arkansas State University:

Economic Issues and Concepts Policy Project I

Evan Wilson

Arkansas State University

Summary

I think that students who pay to attend a university should not also have to pay for parking at that

university. If you live on campus you should be able to park at said building for free. If you are a

commuter, you should not have to pay to park in commuter parking. I think that parking lots

should be reserved for students that live in the parking lots building or have a parking lot for

commuters only. Students already pay over 10 grand to attend this University, they shouldn't be

charged for every little thing just for the school to make more money.

Problem

Students could save money every year if this was in use. Now it is only $50 for parking and that

may not seem like a lot, but students are already charged for living, books, food, red wolf center,

and other things. There is no need for the University to keep squeezing money out of every one

of their students. $50 may not seem like a lot of money, but the majority of students are broke in

college. This would be one less thing for students to worry about when it comes to money in

college. There is not one student who couldn’t use $50 to help them buy things or make

payments on something.

Literature

According to the University website, parking for all students is $50. If any student, online or in

class students, park on campus without this parking pass, they are then fined $25. I do agree that

you should be fined if parked where not supposed to because you can be taking someone else's

parking spot who needs it. So, they should give out parking passes for free to students to prevent

this problem.

Incentive structures of major players: current

• Students want to save as much money as possible.

• The University wants to charge students to get more money to help pay for services.

Policy Change

Eliminate the $50 parking pass fee for all students who attend the university in the Fall of 2018

and so forth.

Incentive structures of major players: post-policy change

• Students will save money every year for parking.

• The University will know it made students happy and will see a decrease in student

complaints concerning parking.

Expected outcome of policy change

Students will save money every year and the University can focus on more important student

complaints and concerns.

Criticisms

To be completed

Responses

To be completed

Conclusion

To be completed

References

http://www.astate.edu/a/parking/parking-permits/