emerald
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
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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.