Friday, February 5, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 96
University programs listed for cuts
By Debbie Howlett
OTthm Emaratd
The initial reaction of most University faculty to a list of
programs to be considered for elimination,” was one of faith in the
University administration
Along with this reaction came criticism of the Chancellor s
office for what law school dean Derrick Bell called “arbitrary and
capricious action .”
The list in its original content, called for the elimination of two
professional schools, four departments and a reduction in the
business administration school s enrollment After the initial
announcement, the word reduction" was penciled in so that the
statement read elimination or reduction.”
The schools and departments targeted are community service
and public affairs, the law school, marine biology, the masters
programs in urban planning, counseling psychology, educational
media and the business administration enrollment
The "list" was first introduced at Wednesday's University
Assembly meeting Olum said that the information was released
because "too many people knew about it " It was first reported in
Thursday s edition of the Emerald
The department heads and deans of the schools listed, had
varying reactions ranging from acceptance to anger Most are
upset
"It will be a terrible thing to do to the students," said Ken
Tollenar, dean of the CSPA school
Sure I’m worried.” said Tollenar, "No, scratch worried. I’m
disappointed that the chancellor's office didn't have any prior
knowledge — they didn't specify, they listed general criteria in their
reasoning for the cuts
"I am completely in the dark as to what CSPA is duplicating
There's no other CSPA system west of the Mississippi."
Others had similar reactions. “The state
board doesn’t understand our program,” said
David Povey, head of urban planning.
The people at the law school also feel
misunderstood.
"Lawyers generally aren’t popular,” says
Bell, "Law schools aren’t greatly loved, gener
ally."
“There are three law schools in the state —
only one (the University's) has a national rank
ing," says Bell. “I would not have come from
Harvard for the other two. "
"The final decision," Bell told law students
at a Thursday meeting, “is mine and yours. If
they close the law school today, I’ll show up
tomorrow.”
Proposed higher ed
program reductions
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and regional planning
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endor
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• Institute of Marine Biology
• Bureau of Governmental
Service (self-support?)
• BA BS in commu
affairs
• MA
• MA
• MA
• MA
psychology
• basic a#fd
education
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community pny^jcal l^dpcation and research
and college teach
• Basic and standard ehd^rsements in
educational media
• Basic and standard endortibjldnts in coun
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• Reduction
rollment
in business administration en
Western Oregon State College
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• BA/EfS *n I6w enforcement
• MA/ MS in correction^ administration
• Basic and standard endorsements in
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grated science
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Southern Oregon!State College
• Graduate p^^pHijis during the regular
academic year
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educational media
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pervision
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in physical e
fin health edu
istration
• Standard endorse^
• MS in business ac
• BA/BS in crimindfloc
• BA/BS in geolggy
• BA/BS in spaftsf
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• BA/BSjgjBpHn anthropology /
_ n business adminjitra\#6n en
rollment
ern Oregon State Collegg
• Graduate programs dtum
academic year
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• No cuts identified
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Graphic by Max DeRungs
Olum says law school
will not be eliminated
By Ann Portal
Ol the Emerald
Students and faculty in pro
grams identified for elimina
tion — including the law school
— shouldn’t get panicky,
University Pres Paul Olum
said Thursday at a hastily
called press conference.
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen
presented a list of "programs
to be considered for reduction
or elimination" to all university
and college presidents earlier
this week. The list for the eight
higher education institutions
(see graphic), was prepared
primarily by Clarethel Kahan
anui, the state system's acting
vice chancellor for academic
affairs.
The majority of the cuts are
the price of a rollback in the
$49 tuition surcharge imposed
this term. The state board has
not been ordered to lower tui
tion yet but was asked by a
Ways and Means subcommit
tee to prepare a list of what
programs would have to be cut
to absorb the tuition revenue
loss.
"I would urge students in
these programs not to be con
cerned,” Olum said. "In gen
eral, we are not going to be
offering up any of the pro
grams listed there."
“I tell you — and I tell every
one — that we will not close
the law school at the University
of Oregon," Olum said.
Olum said he questioned the
wisdom of the list, which in
cludes some programs unique
to the state system of higher
education — such as the law
school and the counseling
psychology program.
‘‘This is a completely unex
pected sort of thing,” Olum
said.
Lieuallen has asked institu
tion presidents to give the
State Board of Higher
Education a list of program
cuts totaling $12 million by
Feb. 28 The University’s share
is about $3 million, “slightly
more than our share, this
time," Olum said
The $12 million includes
$3.5 million needed to meet
higher education s share of
the Legislature’s recent cuts,
$6 million that would be lost if
the entire tuition surcharge
were eliminated for resident
students next year and an
“added" $2.5 million to allow
flexibility for the state board to
decide what programs to cut.
Of those amounts, only the
$3.5 million cut is assured at
this time.
Each institution must pre
sent a list of "program reduc
tions and terminations” to the
board, Olum said. Schools do
not have to include the cuts on
the list handed out, but
presidents who do not include
those cuts must justify why
each program was left off.
He said he still supports a
rollback of the tuition sur
charge but added that the tui
tion decrease should not be
achieved by eliminating pro
grams.