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Volume 58 No, 70
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 48859
Monday, March 28,1977
Equitable funding requested
Officials present budget plea
byJIMREINDL
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
LANSING - Top University
administrators pleaded CMU's
case for more money before
state legislators Friday,
reiterating the cry for more
funding among
colleges      and
equitable
Michigan
universities
Members
propria tions
of the Joint Ap-
Subcommittee for
Higher Education told CMU
officials a 1977-78 appropriations
bill for higher education will be
ready Wednesday. The bill must
be introduced in the Senate
after approval by the full Ap
propriations Committee.
Following the 45-minute
hearing, Arthur Ellis, vice
president for public affairs,
predicted the legislature would
recommend Central receive
approximately $2.1 million more
for 1977-78 than Gov. William G.
Milliken did. Milliken has
recommended the state appropriate CMU approximately
$23.5 million for next year, a $1.9
million increase from this year,
"They've got a bill already
written," Ellis speculated.
Members of the CMU contingent to Lansing included
President  Harold   Abel;  Ellis,
Funding model
could hike fees
byJIMREINDL
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
LANSING-Tuition at CMU could soar by 17 per cent if the
governor's new formula funding model for higher education is
adopted, a state lawmaker said Friday.
Speaking to CMU officials at the University's budget hearing
before the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee for Higher
Education, Rep. Gary Owen, D-Ypsilanti, questioned whether
Central administrators are anticipating such a hike.
President Harold Abel said the University anticipated no more
than a 6.5 or 7 per cent tuition hike for 1977-78.
Arthur Ellis, vice president for public affairs, said he was aware
of the tuition hike in the governor's model, but that the University
now was "not taking it seriously enough."
Owen admonished him to take it seriously because either Gov.
William G. Milliken's model-or one inspried by the legislature wduld -
be adopted, as the state moves toward formula funding for higher
education.
University officials again went on record as supporting the
legislative model, because they said it provides more equitable
funding for state colleges and universities.
"Sir, we're all your children but some have been underfunded,"
Abel told Sen. Bill Huffman, D-Madison Heights.
He called the legislative model, "the best effort I've seen to get
balance and equity into funding," adding, "I don't believe, unless
there are hidden documents, the executive formula matches it."
Abel reiterated Milliken's recommended $23.5 million 1977-78
appropriation for CMU plus a tuition increase would "get us
through."
"I guess the best recommendation I can give you is the governor's
recommendation just doesn't go far enough," Abel said.
The basic difference between the two models is that the Milliken-
supported model, developed by the Department of Management and
Budget, funds colleges and universities based on the average cost of
higher education across the state. The legislative model uses a
series of equations with varying criteria, initially based on the
number of student credit hours enrolled at each institution, to fund
schools.
Jerry Tubbs, vice president for
business and finance; Terrence
Carey, vice president for
University relations; Provost
John Cantelon; and CMU
Trustee Lloyd M. Cofer.
Questions from the committee
during the hearing centered on
possible cost-cutting measures
CMU could take, Central's
response to the two new higher
education funding models-one
by the legislature and the other
by the Department of
Management and Budget (See
related story below) - CMU's
new doctorate of psychology
program and projected
enrollments for next year.
CMU officials also voiced
their concerns, which included
underfunding of the institution
by the state, the need for at
least $71,000 to expand the
Psychology Department and
implement the doctorate
program and the University's
support for the legislative
funding model over the
executive one.
Responding to committee
members' questions about rising
costs at Central, which it pegged
at an approximate 14 per cent
increase, Abel cited underfunding as a reason for the
school's money woes.
"One Of the reasons is we're
coming off two years of
devastating underfunding," he
said. "Last year, despite the
implementation of formula
funding,  (CMU)  went  to   the
been raised, effective Fall
Semester, from $2 to $3 during
regular hours and from $5 to $8
for night visits. He said the
projected reyenue increase from
the move is $25,000.
Abel, however, vigorously
defended the University for not
selling undeveloped land
resources, when Sen. Bill
Huffman, vice chairperson of the
Appropriations, Committee,
questioned the benefits of
holding the land, which is adjacent to the southwest corner
of CMU.
"Sir, I hope this isn't the
answer you don't want to hear.
We don't want to sell that land,"
Abel said.
He told Huffman the land was
not on Mt. Pleasant tax rolls and
that CMU generates revenue by
renting it to area farmers.
Should Central need the land in
the future to expand, Abel said
the cost to buy it back after
selling it would be "prohibitive."
CMU's new doctorate of
psychology program came under
fire from Rep. Gary Owen, D-
Yspilanti, who questioned the
need for another doctorate
program in the field.
Following the hearing, Owen
said his concern was that,
"we've got so damn many PhDs
driving taxi cabs now."
Abel, however, explained the
new doctorate program focused
on training psychologists for
applied, service-oriented
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Cost cutting measures, thja
committee said Central could
take were part of recommendations made last fall by the
Michigan Efficiency Task Force,
a group Milliken appointed in
1975 to find ways to curb
spending across the state.
The committee's questions on
cutting costs dealt with the task
force recommendations that
CMU impose a non-refundable
application fee, raise Health
Services office call fees and sell
excess University land.
Abel said imposing the nonrefundable fee is under consideration and added a proposal
would be before the Board of
Trustees " in the near future."
He also imformed the committee Health Services fees had
'Unholy matrimony'?
United in unholy matrimony during a mock Polish wedding in
the Trout-Calkins Food Commons Friday evening were'Maria
Munkthauierzinski and Joe Smittycanski. Here, the bride and
groom, Bridget Kelly, Jackson junior.and VinceLicari, Dearborn
Heights sophomore, dance the first polka after the ceremony
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Improvement of teacher
rating system sought
Student loan defaults
'no problem 'at CMU
by CAROLYN CATALANO
CM LIFE Reporter
Although default on student
loans is on the rise nationally,
there is no real proplem at CMU,
according to John Stressman,
director of Financial Aids.
Stressman said since the
beginning of the loan program,
only 4.8 per cent of Central's
students have defaulted on
student loans.
"Compared to ' a statewide
average of 9.8 per cent* and a
nationwide average of about 25
per cent, that is no problem at
all," Stressman said.
According to Stressman,
there is a bigger problem with
delinquency, which is late
payments, rather than default,
the refusal or inability to repay
loans.
. The .primary reason for
default a't Central is the inability
of a student to find a job,
Stressman said.
"*' "I believe that as the job
market gets better,
delinquencies and bankruptcies
will be reduced," he said.
New laws concerning
repayment are being made by
£he federal government as a
result of the rise in default.
Stressman said.
Part of the Higher Education
Amendment of 1976 requires all
institutions participating in the
Guaranteed Loan Program to
provide a consumer education
guide to students with loans,
Stressman said.
This guide informs students
about available financial aid
programs, methods in which aid
is distributed, ways to apply for
aid and the rights and
responsibilities of students
receiving aid.
It also details, f the cost of
attending the institution, the
refund policy for return of
unearned tuition and fees, and
t'he academic programs of the
university.
Stressman said a committee is
working to bring all the needed
information from different
sources into pamphlet form.
The     Higher     Education
Amendment allows lenders to
employ collection agents to go
after     the     borrower    for
* repayment, Stressman said.
Under the same law* a student
is not allowed to include his
student lean as part of a
bankruptcy proceeding for a
period of five years after the
loan becomes due, unless a court
decides otherwise, Stressman
said.
The law also allows a lender to
grant an unemployed borrower
another year before repayment
begins. The borrower will be
charged for the interest on* the
loan however, Stressman said. -
by MICHAEL MALOTT
CM LIFE Reporter
The search is on for course
and teacher evaluation instruments by the Academic
Senate's University Teacher
Effectiveness Committee.
The committee is asking CMU
faculty members to submit any
instruments they know of,
similar to the Student Opinion
Survey presently used on
campus.
The survey has a number of
problems, according to Stephen
Thompson, physical education
instructor and chairperson of
the committee. It does not
gather the intended information,
it is too long, it is too easy for
instructors to score well and the
survey is not equally valid for all
departments.
The purpose of the search is
to find if these problems are
consistent with all survey forms
or, if not, what alternatives are
available, he said.
Whether the alternative
forms will replace the surveys
or will be used to gain supplemental information will be
decided once the alternatives
have been studied, according to
Richard" Simmons, associate
professor of business and administration.
The current student
evaluatipn survey form was
written by an ad hoc committee
of faculty and students set up by
the administration, in an effort
to make the evaluation process
uniform across the University.
It last was revised in 1972.      '
In the University evaluation,
professors are rated from zero
to a perfect score of 4.0,
depending upon how strongly
students agree or disagree with
statements about their competency in the classroom.
The University does not
require faculty members to use
the evaluation, but some
departments make it a
requirement and others strongly
encourage it.
After students fill out the
form, cjass averages are computed and a copy of the score is
sent to the faculty member, the
department chairperson and the
deart of the school. A microfilm
also is made available at Park
Library for the public.
The Teaching Effectiveness
Committee was designed to be
the policy-making-board for the
Center of Teaching Effectiveness, being developed
this year. But an unfair labor
practice suit by the Faculty
Association (FA) against the
administration has delayed its
development until now.
The case currently is awaiting
a decision from the Michigan
Court of Appeals. That court
heard oral arguments in the case
Oct. 7.
Persons with suggestions for
alternatives to the present
evaulation system should
contact Thompson at 774-3041.
Inside:
—Conference sessions
stress women's role
-page 3
—Basketball recruiting
battle begins—page 11
CMU's Auxiliary Services :
complicated, affects many
by PAULA PECK
LIFE Editor in Chief
Gaining here, losing there-CMU's Auxiliary Services involves
some complicated accounting and includes services affecting most'
every student at Central.
Dubbed the "service arm" of the University by Auxiliary Services Director Jerry Quick, the area includes Food Services,
Housing Operations, the University Center, the Motor Pool,
University Press and the Copy Center*
Its payroll includes 245 full-time employees and between 700 and
750 students.
Drawing no money from the CMU General Fund, Auxiliary
Servicers is responsible for salaries ot its employees and main-
tenance and operation costs of its six areas.
The three largest money generators are Housing Operations
(including residence halls; and married housing), food services and
the UC Bookstore. But the money generators are "balanced" by the
areas which lose money..
The internal financing, which Quick called the most complicated
he's ever dealt with, is interwoven. For example, the UC Cafeteria
loses money, but the Reservation makes money - the two balance
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The UC, as a whole* "loses" money. But it is not designated to be a
money generator, Jerry Tubbs, vice president for business and
finance, explained.
; "Until 1968 of1969 it was designed to make money and did make
money-it broke eveif. And then the construction of the (new)
University Center brought about a lot of space and that is non-
revenue producing," •
The UC is expected to lose about $12,000 this year, Tubbs said - a
loss which must be picked up in other Auxiliary Service areas.
. *   (See"Services-" page 10)
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