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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1981)
State board approves University budget By ANN PORTAL_ OtlwtmmM The State Board of Higher Education took its first steps along a financial tight rope Friday — a tightrope that the board expects will become even more precar ious during the 1982-83 school year Unlike tight-budget years of the past, this year the board advances without a net — the padding is gone after preced ing years of underfunding and budget cuts Working within the budget's con straints, the board approved budgets for each higher education institution, ap proved an academic salary adjustment proposal and approved residence hall and food service charges In his opening comments. Chancellor Roy Lieuallen said that he considers higher education s 1981-83 budget "much less than a minimum level bud get " But if nothing goes wrong higher education institutions should be able to avoid financial exigency — the first step necessary to lay off tenured faculty, he saRT _ "Isn't it strange that we get our solace from the fact that we have avoided bankruptcy?" The budget came too late to allow careful planning to effect program reductions or limit enrollments in the coming year, he said, which means the eight higher education institutions may be "serving more students and clientele than may be desirable within anticipated resources " But Lieuallen left no doubt that "sub stantial" program and enrollment reduc tions will be necessary in the 1982-83 school year to meet a budget that is projected to fall short by "several mil lion ” He directed university presidents to begin to review programs and identify areas to be trimmed Included in pro gram reductions will be the necessity of laying off tenured faculty, he said Although the Legislature appropriated higher education funds for each of the two years of the biennium, it placed only $1 in some of the second year’s ac counts, so a definite 1982-83 higher education budget will not be available until the Legislature reconvenes some time during the spring. The two-year budget contains two "land mines" that could further damage the higher education budget, Lieuallen said — the possibilities that revenue or tuition income might fall short. The budget is built on the assumption that higher education will receive certain revenues from areas other than the gen eral fund — but those estimates have been optimistically high all along, he said For example, income would "drop sharply" if a predicted decrease in nonresident enrollment and increase in resident enrollment takes place, Lieual len said The University's share of the $236 million 1981-82 budget is $58,037,902, compared to a 1980-81 budget of about $54 million Of the eight higher education institutions, only Oregon State Universi ty, which received $66 5 million, has a larger budget than the University. —The hoard adopted a faculty salary recommendation that allows an average adjustment of 5.3 percent at the begin ning of the year and 4 percent on May 1, 1983, which will yield a compounded average increase of 16.083 percent. The board said that the cash used for salary increases is not to exceed 6 per cent during 1981-82 and 6.36 during 1982-83. Although the board left it up to each institution to determine individual faculty raises, it said that all faculty members performing ‘'adequately" — as determined by department heads — must receive part of an across-the-board raise The board deleted a clause that stated merit raises could be waived for 1981-82, relying instead on a previous policy that provides for merit adjustments at the discretion of administrators Room and board rates will increase 11.5 percent at the University. The cost for a standard, multiple-resident dormi tory room will increase from $1,740 to $1,940 and single rooms will increase from $2,262 to $2,522 Home to be rec center, expert says by DON COULTER 04 thm Emerald Americans in the 1980s will be shitting their leisure interests from community recreation to home activities, a leisure studies expert said Thursday Dr H Douglas Sessoms, chairer of the Department of Recreation at the University of North Carolina, said leisure time activities will become more decentralized in the coming decade due to technological advances and demographic changes Speaking at a seminar on contemporary leisure concerns, Sessoms said technological advances in items such as home video will cause people to spend their leisure hours at home rather than in community related activities The home may become the number one recrea tion center " For example Sessoms said he forsees the wides pread use of television-computer hookups that will allow people to select from a wide range of information channels and give them the ability to communicate with others No longer do people need to wait for information — it is always continuous." Sessoms said "The televi sion is becoming more than a baby sitter People will communicate through the electronic medium rather than through mass interaction ” With the growth of cable TV and home movie extras like Showtime," Sessoms said he wouldn't be sur prised to see a drop in attendance at movie theaters and sports events in the near future In addition, the advent of the videodisk will enable people to stay at home and learn how to do everything from playing the guitar to baking bread, he said "The videodisk will put the participant in the director's seat " Sessoms also noted that demographic changes will shift the emphasis on leaisure activities from youths to adults Leisure interests are starting to reflect the fact that the 25 to 45-year-old group is now the dominant 5 Dr H Douglas Sessons looks on as youngsters enjoy video games at the EMU Rec Center. sector of our population, he said According to Sessoms, adults seem to enjoy home-centered quasi-work hobbies such as gardening and crafts to fill their leisure time The great number of "how to do it" magazines on the market today reflect that change, he said Finally. Sessoms said that high fuel prices and energy shortages during this decade will force people to stay home to have fun The emphasis on activities like power boating and Recreation Vehicle camping is becoming an outdated form of entertainment, he said. Photo by Bill Wack Lieuallen says he will resign Chancellor Roy Lieuallen announced his resignation Friday, two decades after assum ing the position in which he has directed, guided and pleaded for higher education m Oregon Lieuallen will resign on June 30, f 982 — one year ahead of the date that he originally had told the State Board of Higher Education that he would resign, OSBHE Pres Ed Harms, commenting on LieuaUen’s resignation, said dial Lieuallen has had a highef impact on higher education in decided to speed up the transition to a new chancellor and not wait until the end of the biennium to resign, as he originally had Planned , fiowBVw. nc sir“5hwQ in«* * 1111 I ■ I 11 1 1 . 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