Results of a study of student fee policies at the California Maritime Academy are presented, along with recommendations for setting and adjusting student fees. A description of the academy covers its levels, sources of budgetary and financial aid support, and educational costs. The long-term policy is based on the unique fiscal and academic requirements of the academy. Before examining the fee-setting mechanism, a set of principles and guidelines for setting and adjusting student charges of the academy are stated, based on charges recently adopted for California public higher education in general. The principles cover the establishment of academic policy, the use of fee revenues, the predictability of fees, unusual state fiscal circumstances, the state role in fee determination, student financial aid to offset fee increases, and information and monitoring of the fee policy. One main goal of the fee policy is to keep fees as low as possible and to make changes in fees gradual, moderate, and predictable, with the state bearing primary responsibility for the cost of providing postsecondary education but with students being responsible for a portion of that cost. Student fees subject to the policy should include the student services fee, the education fee, and the medical fee. (SW)