Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Fee

One of the six Category II Fees mandatorily paid by all Humboldt students

Activities eligible for IRA funding are limited to those which:

• Are discipline / departmentally-based and sponsored
• Are integrally related to its formal instructional offerings
• Are intensive, structured activities
• Reflect active rather than passive student involvement
• Are considered to be essential to a quality educational program and an
• important instructional experience
• Demonstrate skills derived from intensive coursework involvement

Evaluation Criteria used by the committee to determine funding allocations each spring:

• Educational benefits of the program
• Identification of student learning outcomes for participants
• Benefits to student community
• Number of students benefiting indirectly
• Number of students participating
• Overall cultural value to the University
• Overall educational value to the University
• Importance to the University as a whole
• Ratio of past and current student participants to the program cost
• Costs in comparison to comparable programs at Humboldt
• Willingness to attempt to generate income to help support the activity
• Appropriateness of IRA Fee support as opposed to General Fund support
• Maximization of program revenue
• Other sources of funding received by the program area
• Innovation and new ideas
• Continuity
• Cost/benefit ratio