Financial exigency may
be necessary, Olum says
By ANN PORTAL
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The budget recommendations presented by
Gov Vic Atiyeh Monday ask tor a $28 million cut
in higher education's 1982-83 budget, an
amount that University Pres Paul Olum said
would require the University to declare financial
exigency
Atiyeh's $28 million cut includes — virtually
intact — the first two of four 5-percent cut
packages approved by the State Board of Higher
Education at its December meeting
I m disappointed I guess surprised,"
Olum said Monday "I really didn't think he'd
propose a 10-percent cut "
Contained in the two 5-percent packages
are a four-day forced leave without pay for all
higher education academic and classified staff
during the 1981-82 school year, a 16 5-day
forced leave without pay for all staff during the
1982-83 school year, the elimination of all gen
eral fund support for summer session, and a
tuition surcharge to cover tuition revenue
shortfalls
The forced leave for faculty members really
means a salary decrease, Olum said, adding "I
don't see how it's possible to cut faculty salaries
without the declaration of exigency ”
That declaration probably would be made
by individual institutions, he said
Olum said he also feared the tuition sur
charge would make higher education "impossi
ble" for many students The tuition increase
might not even raise additional money, con
sidering the number who will drop out each time
tuition in raised, he said
Bill Lemman, the state board's vice chan
cellor for administration, said the surcharge
discussed in Atiyehs plan probably will be the
$49-per-term surcharge imposed for winter and
spring term this year
Although there's a chance the surcharge
could be increased, it probably won't be, he
said However, tuition will increase another
19-percent next fall as a result of decisions
made last summer
The only item in the two packages that will
not be cut, according to Atiyeh s plan, is
$416,900 for the Psychiatric Day Treatment
Center at the Oregon Health Sciences Universi
ty
Atiyeh's plan requires no further program
reductions, but is still "damaging to the quality"
of higher education, Olum said He said the
salary cut "could, in fact, drive away some of our
best faculty "
Olum also said he feels it is unfair to put the
burden of the state budget shortfall only on the
salaries of higher education personnel
"Our faculty and staff are already under
paid, compared with the general workforce," he
said
Reps blast education cuts
By CHRIS COURTNIER
Of the Emerald
Disastrous" and devastat
ing" were words used by Rep
Grattan Kerans, D-Eugene to
describe the effect Gov Vic
Atiyeh's proposed budget cuts
may have on the University
Kerans, along with Reps
Mary Burrows. R-Eugene, and
Margie Hendrickson, D
Eugene, heard testimony Mon
day from local residents dis
pleased with proposed cuts in
Lane County program funding
While some offered solutions
to Lane County's budget prob
lems, all agreed an alternative to
slashing education and human
service programs must be met
"It's going to be disastrous (to
cut the University's budget),"
Kerans said "We re selling out
our future "
"It's imperative as legislators
from this area that we fully un
derstand the impact of lost
revenues," he said
Kerans' answer to Lane
County budget problems is re
structuring the property tax
relief program
Among those at Monday's
meeting were Chancellor Roy
Lieuallen and University Pres
Paul Olum
Atiyeh is proposing an es
timated 20-percent cut of the
University budget To meet just
half of this cut. the University
would be forced to close at least
tour professional schools. Olum
said
“Closing the four schools
would deny access to some
3 800 students many of them in
the middle of their academic
programs,'' he said
‘ The State of Oregon would
lose $7 million in contract and
grant funds, and we would be
forced to dismiss over 200 em
ployees This is all for just one
5-percent level,'' Olum said
“Everyone recognizes that
this would surely destroy the
University We would regard any
such action as unthinkable "
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