Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 26, 1981, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textemerald Vol.82, No. 86 Eugene, Oregon 97403 Monday, January 26, 1981 Tuition Higher Ed board delays decision The State Board of Higher Education delayed any decision on a possible tuition surcharge at a meeting in Portland Friday. The state board has proposed for discussion two possible sur charges as alternatives to Gov. Vic Atiyeh’s proposal to raise tuition 30 percent over the next two years Currently, resident under graduates pay 23 percent of their education’s instructional costs. Non-resident under graduates pay 100 percent of those costs, while out-of-state graduates pay 27 percent. The two surcharges under discussion — one of $144 and another of $123 each year — would spread the blow of higher tuition. The $123 proposal would be levied on all students. The $144 surcharge would be applied to residents only and would leave non-residents to continue paying 100 percent of the instructional costs. Action was delayed until at least February, when the board will continue the discussion of the surcharges at its next meet ing. Acting University Pres. Paul Olum spoke against both the governor’s proposed tuition hike and the possible sur charges, suggesting the reven ue-raising efforts might in fact be counter-productive. The alternatives are being proposed to come up with an estimated $25 million in extra tuition dollars the governor says is needed to keep Oregon higher education afloat. Administration, faculty disagree on bargaining By MARIAN GREEN Ot the Emerald “Friendly differences" is how one administrator describes the disagreement between the administration and the United Oregon Professors over who should be included in a proposed collective bargaining unit. The administration is protest ing the inclusion of department heads and research assistants and the exclusion of law school faculty in UOP's proposed bar gaining unit, says UOP organ izer Nat Teich, a University English professor. In the University's collective bargaining election in 1976, law school faculty were not includ ed in the bargaining unit, and Teich says there are "other precedents of law faculty exclu sion." "They make much higher salaries and are not appropriate to include," Teich exilains. But Marshall Wattles, vice provost for academic affairs, disagrees "The whole issue is the com munity of interest,” Wattles says "We all get our salaries from the same place "When you get the highest paid group off, then you've got someone else who's highest.” Wattles says he isn’t sure department heads should be included in the faculty’s bargaining unit because their function resembles man agement more than labor, and management traditionally isn’t included in labor contracts. However, neither group per ceives the differences as a major setback. ’’We don’t see this as an in surmountable obstacle,” Teich says ‘ It’s largely a matter of work ing this out,” Wattles says. "My guess is we won’t have to have a hearing.” UOP members and the ad ministration met last week but failed to to work out a com promise, according to Teich If the groups don’t solve their differences, the administration has until Feb. 19 to file objec tions to UOP's bargaining unit with a hearings officer, who will decide whom will be included in the unit. The other labor organization running for election as the University's bargaining unit is the American Association of University Professors. AAUP president Katherine Eaton declined comment on the composition of the bargaining unit because the AAUP is still considering the issue Finesse Photo by Steve Dykes Oregon's gymnastic teams emerged victor ious over their visiting rivals Friday as the Duck women upset 20th ranked University of Minnesota and the Duck men downed the University of Brisith Columbia Powered by top performances, including an 8.90 vault by Maureen Nolan (pictured) which tied her with all-around winner Sara Gustalson for first place in the event, the women overcame their first-ranked foes. The men had an easy time with the visiting Canadians as they plowed to a 266.90 to 186.60 victory.