1971-04-23; Central Michigan Life

              Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858 -
«HAPPY SPRING}'
Friday, April 23, 1971
Fee increase
on semester
will depend
hours taken
Central announced Wednesday
that it will adopt a fee schedule
next fall that will not result in
across-the-board increases in
student fees.
The new fee schedule, based
on recommendations made earlier this year by Governor William G. Milliken, will mean
higher fees for some students
and lower fees for others, depending upon the number of semester hours carried.
Student fees for Michigan residents will be $15 per semester hour for undergraduates and
$20 per hour for graduate students.    Non-resident fees will
go to $35 an hour for undergraduates and $40 for graduate
Students.  The current registration fee of $7.50 for five semester hours or less and $15
for six hours or more a semester will remain unchanged.
CMU currently employs a sliding" scale for determining gen
eral fees, with costs based on
the number of semester hours
taken. Costs range from $69.50
for a Michigan resident taking
two semester hours to $220 for
11 or more hours. The present system charges the same
for graduate and undergraduate
students.
The new student fee schedule
will   mean  lower     costs    for
stu/ients taking light classloads
and   slightly  higher   costs   for
those   taking heavy classloads.
Under the new schedule, for
instance,  a Michigan undergraduate taking 15 semester hours
will pay $240 as opposed to the
current   charge of $220 a semester.   A Michigan undergraduate taking only a three-hour
load,    however,    will pay only
$52.50 as opposed to the current   charge   of   $98.50.      The
same student enrolled in 12hours
of classes will pay $195 under
the new schedule instead of the
present $220.
Board picks Odykirk
to direct new office
proved Wednesday by the Board    nuai giving <u^
of Trustees, ^sScTodykirk became involved
As part of the plan approved        bince uuy** .    ..._Ji,._
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Trustees approve raise
in room and board rates
■ ■ ■      ■   ~'w —— .      *..,.. 1 io«7i     The new rates for
Centers" Board of Tru'stees    among the lowest of Michigan's   W^_^XS~S
^    approved    an   .crease ; «j« --JJ--   apar l^—_tE2!
in room and board rates for residence halls and married student housing.
Room and board in residence
halls will increase $50 per academic year to $1,096,'while
apartment rental rates for married students will go up $3.75
a month for one-bedroom apartments and $8.75 a month for
^wq-bedroom apartments. A-
partments  for   single   students
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will increase $44 to I&00 per
academic year.
year colleges in the state anticipate increases for next year,
the CMU Trustees were told
Wednesday. Based upon the best
information available, only four
of the 12 schools are expected
to have lower rates than CMU's
$1,096 next year-.
New apartment rates will mean
monthly charges of $105 a month
fpr one-bedroom apartments and
$115 a month for two-bedroom
apartments   in  the  Washington ^
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In recommending the housing   cpmplexes   and $110 .^j^O -•-'
increases, CMU officials cited    a month in the Preston Court
increased  operating  costs and   complex.
slightly lower occupancy rates      The new "J^Sf^.^?!
in campus housing.   They noted   apply  to. all CMU dornutories
that the increases were neces-    except Barnes Hall itoeCMD
sary despite cost saving factors   officials, willsurvey studentto ff
which  will reduce the number   determine which of several op- ^
of housekeepers by 50 per cent   Uons to offer. The optionsrange $,
and resident   assistants by 20.. from providing 20 mealsi ajeeK
per cent. • including continental breakfasts
for  $1,070  a  year  to  a plan
Commenting on the residence   offerinff  no   meal   service  for
hall increases', Acting Vice Presi-   ""      *      ^
rf0„+   of Business and Finance   * ' »..■■—«—.
the start of the fall semester.
Wednesday, the University's
newly organized Development Office will become a part of the
Office of the President.
Since last summer, the Development Office has operated as an arm of the office of
the Secretary of the Board of
Trustees with Odykirk serving
as assistant director of development. General iresponsibil-
ities for the development operation were assumed by Terrance
Carey, secretary of the Board
of Trustees.
In his new post Odykirk will
the start of tne ian semcoid,            	
Boyd voices concern
over proposal defeat
.   ^    .-j* i. ~e 4-v.a tfannitv teaching
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In accordance to Tuesday's defeat of the faculty teaching
contract for next year, President William B. Boyd issued
the following statement;
I want to make a progress report on the state of our collective bargaining with the faculty association. By way of
background two points are important. First, faculty salaries
at Central* Michigan University are now the third highest
in the State of Michigan. We share with the association a
determination to maintain over the years ahead this kind of
strong competitive position in the academic market.
Second, the university remains as committed as ever to
th,e preservation of academic freedom and faculty personnel
policies which meet or exceed.the standards of the American
Association of University Professors.- These areas are
guaranteed for this community through the procedures of
the Academic Senate and the Board of Trustees and the
negotiated agreement supporting and* preserving these rights.
By now you know that the agreement recently reached
between the bargaining teams was not ratified in a faculty
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in CMU development activities,
that     area has shown   marked
growth.    In f970, fpr instance,
total    income    from gifts was
$82,000 up from the $29,000 total of the previous year.   The
average gift was up from $22.70
to. $44.34 and the number of donors  up  from  1,290 to  1,487.
In addition to raising a records amount of money during the
past year, the development office has reorganized its accounting  procedures   and   conducted
an extensive study of the feasibility of a major capital campaign.
The launching of that campaign,
probably the most ambitious in
CMU's history, is expected to
be annqunced soon.
Commenting on the organizational change and appointment of
Odykirk to director of development, 'Carey said Wednesday,
"This is an important step in
the maturation of the University's development program, and
one which places us in a position to initiate organized programs of private support that will
be of lasting benefit to CMU."
Jerry Tubbs said, "When one
considers that wage settlements ^^er students with 55 semes-
and cost of living increases a- t     hours of credit or less will
cross  the country in the past required to live in Unlver-
year have been running well over ■     nousing neXt year. Exemp-
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In     another    — pc— $ J* ££_* _ ^operative* to reach ^agreement,
change     approved  Wednesday,
—»c pc* ueiK, pur oasic aonui-
tory increase, of less than five
Per cent seems both equitable and
indicative of the cost savings
we have achieved.''
Even with the residence hall
^creases,  CMU rates will be
ted from this policy will be transfer students 21 years of age or
over married students andtnose
commuting  or   residing in the
community. .
New rates for married student
apartments become effective on
vote yesterday. Since tne aamuusuauu...~..» __ _
had worked hard and cooperatively to reach an agreement,
the results of the election are naturally disappointing*
§:* The reasons for faculty disapproval will be analyzed by
•J*: the association and the university will continue to work cooperatively with the association to work out an agreement,
that will be acceptable to the faculty.    That is a common
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$ in  renewed bargaining^/f^/^y (he faculty before the
- agreement which can be ratifi*l b^ tne^   ^^
endof the current semester.   We believe
in renewed bargaining: -j- ~»- ~ lt ^^e the
3 agreement which f^ be ,^«« ^e this is a realistic
:| end of the current semester,   we Dene ^
WILLIv%M ODYKIRK
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