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Ex-dean supports land tax
By MIKE RUST
Of the Emerald
An old idea has reappeared in the Legis
lature, and a former dean of the University
business school believes it could be a solu
tion to the fiscal problems of higher educa
tion.
Richard Lindholm, professor emeritus of
business, says a two-percent tax on the
value of land would be a “common sense”
way of providing revenue for primary
education.
Called a land-use tax, the proposal would
help higher education out of its financial
straits because state general fund money
now being spent for primary education
would be freed for other uses, Lindholm
maintains.
The general fund, composed largely of
business and personal tax revenues, is used
to fund primary and higher education along
with a host of other state services and
agencies.
Senate Joint Resolution 25, prepared by
Sen. William Mccjoy, u-Kornana, cans rur a
statewide referendum on the land-use tax.
The resolution will soon go before the
Senate Revenue committee. Hearings have
not yet been scheduled, Lindholm says.
The measure would authorize
exemptions on $2,000 of the value of
homestead land, $4,000 of the value of farm
land if the farm income is the owner’s prin
cipal source of income and $4,000 of the
value of most resort lands.
Although projections of the tax’s
proceeds are only “guesstimates,” Lind
holm says he believes it would generate
enough revenue to pay all primary educa
tion expenses. Taxes levied by individual
school districts then could be reduced, he
says.
As well as helping finance education, the
tax would encourage productivity because
it would reduce the need for a tax based on
the value of houses, stores and factories,
Lindholm says.
“It would encourage technology and in
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have a considerable effect on keeping the
city alive."
The result is a kind of supply-side econ
omics, says Lindholm, but with a different
twist.
Recently, Pennsylvania voters gave
permission to towns to increase the portion
of land taxes. In three city elections there,
voters have chosen a land value tax over a
sales tax.
In Oregon, the tax was proposed in the
early days of this century, Lindholm says.
Under the leadership of William U’Ren, an
activist for "direct democracy," the state
gave counties the option of imposing a land
value tax.
In addition to his academic work, Lind
holm has served as an advisor to the taxa
tion departments of Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nevada, Guam and Oregon and
to the ministries of Pakistan, Vietnam,
Korea, Australia, Taiwan arid Turkey.
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Students offer
academic advice
By CHERYL STEINHAUS
Of the Emerald
Although the University is
suffering shortages in many
areas, students can still get
plenty of good advice.
Peer advising, sponsored by
the Student Affairs division,
offers University students easy
access to sound advice on
University and department
requirements.
“The peer advising program
began due to the feeling that
students were uncomfortable
talking about things with faculty
advisers,” says Psychology
Peer Advising coordinator
Dennis Mohatt.
“There was often a conflict of
schedules, and students felt
their problems were trivial," he
says.
However, peer advising is a
supplement to faculty advising,
not a replacement
"Professors don’t always
have time to keep abreast of
new information,” says
Asociate Provost for Student
Affairs Gerry Moseley. “Peer
advising fills the advising need
and can give direction to
,students.
“When I worked in student
services in Texas, I had profes
sors who were telling students
requirements that were out-of
date 20 years," Moseley says.
“This kind of program avoids
these kinds of problems
because information is fresh
from students who are up-to
date on current requirements.”
Along with academic
counseling, several peer advis
ing departments offer informa
tion on graduate schools, a test
file, and a tutorial referral
service.
Peer advising has a two-fold
purpose, according to Acade
mic Advising and Student
Services director Shirley Wil
son. Peer advising attempts to
improve services that
departments can give to
students, and it gives peer ad
visers a chance to learn com
munication and job skills.
“Our training consists mostly
of role playing,” says Sociology
Peer Advising coordinator Ca
rolyn Milkes. "Practical
experience is necessary before
we begin doing actual advis
ing.”
Students can earn three cre
dits per term by working seven
to 10 hours a week in peer ad
vising.
Nine academic departments
now operate peer advising pro
grams.
“The department has to have
interest and commitment for a
peer advising program to be
started,” Wilson says. “A faculty
member must take responsibili
ty for the program in his
department."
Peer advising is also available
in Oregon Hall, where advisers
work to help 2000 undeclared
students decide on a field of
study.
Peer advisers are busiest at
the first and last part of each
term.
"Last semester alone I had 12
seniors come in for advice
because their requirements
weren't filled and they couldn’t
graduate," Milkes says.
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