Oregon daily emerald., September 22, 1977, Section A, Page 22, Image 21

Some students may be overpaying $1,750
Residency requirements deserve closer look
There may be many University
students who are throwing away
approximately $1,750 per year.
That's the difference between the
cost of resident and non-resident
fees.
According to Robert Campillo,
Associate Director of Admissions,
there may be many non-resident
students who meet the require
ments for residency, yet do not
apply for it.
The rules for determining resi
dency are established by the
State Board of Higher Education.
These rules are essentially as fol
lows:
•If a student is dependent on
his parents, his residency is de
termined by theirs.
•If a student is emancipated
from his parents, that is, if he or
she is living away from them and
receiving no financial support,
then the student must show that
By LARRY MAGDER
Of the Emerald
he or she has an Oregon domicile
and has no intention of leaving
Oregon after finishing school.
The factors considered in de
termining whether an Oregon
domicile has been established
are: abandonment of previous
domicile, rental or purchase of a
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home, presence of family, pres
ence of household goods, length
of time in state, nature and per
manence of employment, sources
of financial support, ownership of
property, place of voting and
payment of Oregon personal in
come taxes.
It is stressed in the rules that
“domicile is not established by
mere attendance at a college or
university.” Students must de
monstrate that they are not in
Oregon primarily for schooling.
The length of time it takes to
establish Oregon residency var
ies. Students who enrolled in
school immediately upon moving
to Oregon must show that they
have been living in Oregon for 12
continuous months. Those who
did not immediately enter school
can satisfy the domicile require
ment in six months.
Every student admitted to the
University is initially classified as a
resident or non-resident on the
basis of information on the admis
sions form. Students who wish to
change their classification can
present a more complete and up
dated picture of their situation by
submitting a “Residence Informa
tion Affidavit.”
Campillo is the admissions of
ficer who evaluates these af
fidavits. He says that of the 25 of
these he reviews on an average
day, he denies approximately 20
for inadequate evidence or in
completeness. Of these 20,10will
come back with better arguments,
and many of these will be granted
residency, he says.
Students may appeal the deci
sion of the admissions officer to
the Interinstitutional Review
Committee on Residence Clas
sification. Campillo said he often
recommends such an appeal as
that committee can apply the rules
with more flexibility than an ad
missions officer, in some "excep
tionally meritorious or hardship
cases’’ that committee can make
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Students still not satisfied with
their residency determination can
appeal to the Permanent Adminis
trative Review Committee. Their
decision is final.
Campillo urges students who
seek advice or information about
residency requirements to come
to his office on the second floor of
Oregon Hall.
Another place students can go
for such advice is the Office of
Student Advocacy. Don Chal
mers, director of that office, has
devised a game which can give
students some idea of their
chances for establishing resi
dency. The “Residency Game" is
played in room 16D of the EMU.
Classification errors
could cheat students
Some students who applied for residency may have been
improperly denied a chance at lower tuition rates. According to
Don Chalmers, director of the Office of Student Advocacy, there
may have been a misinterpretation of the rules by Robert Cam
pillo, the admissions officer who evaluates the applications for
residency.
“My discussions with Campillo led me to believe that he was
requiring that a student be emancipated for 12 months even when
that student did not enroll in school for the first six months of his
residency in Oregon,” said Chalmers. Chalmers then contac
ted the Attorney General's office and the Chancellor for
Academic Affairs. "Their interpretation was that such a student
could qualify for residency by being emancipated for six months,”
he said.
According to Chalmers, when the possible misinterpretation
was brought to the attention of University officials, they reviewed
the files of the last six months. Their investigation turned up no
cases of misclassification.
Chalmers would like to be sure. “We would urge that any
student who was denied residency in the last year, especially
those who applied under the six month rule, to come into our
office so that we may review their affidavit and insure that they
weren’t misdassified.”
Study center gets federal boost
An educational program that provides a special assist for Univer
sity students who need extra help in developing study skills has been
awarded a $105,910 operating grant from the U S. Office of Education.
The grant will provide operating funds for the University's Center
for Self-Development during the 1977-78 school year.
The center offers free remedial educational help. The program in
cludes special study skill classes, tutorial and individual instruction in
regular course areas, personal and academic counseling.
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