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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1981)
Three schools could close Enrollment cuts aimed at graduate students By GREG WASSON Of the Emerald SALEM — If the scales won’t balance, one has two choices: make the light side heavier, or the heavy side lighter. Gov. Vic Atiyeh’s budget is about $240 million too bulky on the expenditures side. The Legislature has ordered all state agencies to cut an additional 10 percent off the governor's proposed budget. That order equals $30.5 mil lion for higher education. The state education board and the Educational Coordinating Council have each submitted plans to get the additional mon ey. Near the top of the its propo sals, the board suggests cutting enrollment by 1,330 students a year each of the next two years. Pres. Paul Olum has indicated that would mean closure of at least three professional schools at the university. According to ECC executive director T. K. Olson, the plan is premature. He contends other Committee to review grades, incompletes The Academic Standards Committee will examine procedures for granting incom pletes and giving grade changes after a term has been completed, the five-member committee decided Wednesday. The ASC, an advisory group charged with maintaining academic standards, agreed to send a letter to all academic department heads asking for procedures currently followed in granting incompletes. An incomplete should be granted only when a student has been doing “satisfactory work,’’ which committee members agreed means a grade of C or better, and when there is a legitimate reason for the student’s inability to complete “some vital part” of the course, said committee chairer Bob Freeman. Freeman said the current procedure may be "hit or miss" and that he would like to see a uniform standard established. The ASC also is examining grade changes granted after the term is over. Registrar Wanda Johnson is researching the cir cumstances under which grade changes are granted. The grade change often is justified, Freeman said, such as when an instructor incorrectly figures a student’s score. But it’s conceivable that "some kind of pressure might be brought on an instructor” to raise the grade, he added. The next meeting of the ASC will be Wednesday, May 20, at 2:30 p.m. in the Fenton Hall conference room. OLD TAYLORS Weekly Special 99* Fresh Strawberry Omelette, Bavarian Style French Toast and Home Fries Served 7-11:30 Luncheon Special Teriyaki Sandwich Soup or Salad $2.00 Special Champagne Breakfast Saturday & Sunday Weekend Entertainment The Burners "sizzalin ’blues” Friday & Saturday Serving the U of O since 1930 IVe 're Taylored to serve. 13th & Kincaid legislative ■ issues . • I steps should come first, such as cutting state funds from most physical education courses. "When Olum talks of closing professional schools, he talks of hurting graduate and upper division students," Olson said. ‘ By definition, freshmen don’t enroll in professional schools. So Olum is talking about reducing graduate and upper division enrollment, which is contrary to the policy of the board. Our first commitment is to upper division students, then graduate students, and lastly to lower division students. The board and commision are closer to agreement on other items such as the suspension of state support for intercollegiate athletics at the three major in stitutions at a savings of Map library collection grows The University library will send a representa tive to Washington, D C., this summer to select approximately $20,000 worth of duplicate maps from the Library of Congress. Paul Blint, a geography graduate student, will select the maps for the library. University librarian Edward Thatcher expects to gain between 12,000 and 15,000 duplicate maps for the Map Library located in 165 Condon Hall Subject maps, such as a state population map. have been the most common types selected through the program. Thatcher said. The trip is funded by an $800 grant from the University Foundation After consultation with Thatcher, Blint will select maps from July 6 to Aug. 14. CULTURAL FORUM PRESENTS: May 15th McArthur Court Q:OOpm Special Offer V2 price tickets for children under 18 available when purchased with general public tickets. This offer good only at the EMU Main Desk. Tickofs A UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EVENT EMU Main Desk, campus] load Hall Hi Fi, downtown mall; Bremen Town Records, valley river; Everybody's Records,eugene, corvallis, albany; phone orders, visa, master card -686-4363; mailorders: EMU Main Desk, U.O., Eugene, Or. 97403 Ticket Prices: 9.50,8.50,7.50, $1.00 off for students. $693,000. Agreements also include an additional 10-percent hike in tuition at the medical-dental schools, predicted to generate $582,800; and a $108 tuition surcharge for 1981-82, which will raise $4.74 million. “If we’re talking about cutting back academic services, keep ing students out of the system, what possible justification is there for not putting (athletics) on the block early on?" asked subcommittee Sen. Jim Gardner, D-Portland After the hearing, Chancellor Roy Lieuallen explained his reasoning for the cutbacks. “The proposal for the univer sities will modify the program a bit. It will cause them to seek additional funds, call for a cut back a bit on the programs, but in no way does it eliminate in tercollegiate athletics at the un iversities. But it would have that effect at the state colleges,” Lieuallen said
