Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 98
emerald
Five finalists vie for chancellorship
Lieuallen’s replacement
to assume duties July 1
By Harry Esteve
Of the Emerald
Names of five finalists for the job of chancellor of
the State System of Higher Education were released by
the chancellor s office Tuesday
Among the five are three university presidents and
the heads of higher education for Indiana and New
Hampshire One of the five probably will replace the
current chancellor, Roy Lieuallen, whose resignation
becomes effective July 1
The first of the final round of three-day interviews
began Monday with George Rainsford, president of
Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo. Mich , according to
Dick Zita, a state system representative
The other four candidates are:
• Henry Koffler, the chancellor of the University of
Massachusetts in Amhurst Mass a position similar to
that of university president
• George Weathersby, commissioner for higher
education for the state of Indiana, a position similar to
that of head of the Oregon Educational Coordinating
Commission
• Bruce Poulton, chancellor of the University
System of New Hampshire
• William Bud" Davis, president of the University
of New Mexico
The State Board of Higher Education intends to
choose a new chancellor by March 1, Zita said
As head of the State System of Higher Education,
the chancellor is the chief executive officer for
Oregon's eight state-run universities and colleges
Rainsford earned a law degree from Yale University
and a Ph D in American history from Stanford Univer
sity Prior to his present post at Kalamazoo College,
Rainsford was an assistant to the president of the
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen 's miracle cup waits for a refill on his desk in Johnson Hall.
University of Colorado and had a similar position with
the University of Washington
Koffler earned a Ph D in microbiology and bio
chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, and holds
several other post-graduate science degrees Before
becoming head of the University of Massachusetts,
Koffler was chief academic officer for the University of
Minnesota System and head of biological sciences for
several years at Purdue
Weathersby earned his Ph D in 'decision and
control" from Harvard University in 1970 Prior to his
current post, he was an associate professor of man
agement at Harvard.
Poulton received a philosophy Ph D from Rutgers
University in New Jersey. He was the first chancellor of
a newly created university system that combined all of
public higher education in New Hampshire and fulfills
much the same role as Oregon’s State System of Higher
Education.
Davis has an educational doctorate in higher
education from the University of Colorado, as well as an
education administration master's degree.
Reagan budget poses
threat to student aid
By Ann Porta!
Of M* tmmmkS
As expected. Pres. Reagan's
1982-83 budget proposal released
Monday contains significant reduc
tions in student financial aid funds tor
the 1982-83 and 1983-84 academic
years, Including a complete phasing
out of tour financial aid programs
The president’s revised financial
aid request for the 1982-83 academic
year reflects a decrease of $141,5
million in the amount Congress al
ready approved in December, with
cuts m five federal aid programs: Pell
(8EOG) Grants, National Direct
Student Loans (NDSL), Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grants
(SEOG), the College Work-Study Pro
gram and State Student Incentive
Grants.
The 1983-84 aid proposed by
Reagan would be $590 million less
than was available this academic
year, and would include the elimina
tion of the NDSL, SEOG, College
Work-Study and state grant pro
grams.
If Congress approves Reagan's
proposals, the amount of funds
awarded by 1983-84 would be $2 bil
lion below the levels available this
academic year
M think it’s absurd.’ says Ed Vig
noul. University financial aid director.
“What Reagan, and the administra
tion. is doing is negating over two
decades of commitment that has been
bipartisan tor equal access to higher
education,” Vignoui says
At the University, Reagan's propo
sal would reduce the number of
students receiving aid by 900
students, according to Vignoui.
Those students who receive Guaran
teed Student Loans (GSt) wouldn’t
be affected About 4,500 students
received $9.6 million this year, but
Reagan’s figures would give only $8 6
million to 3,600 University students
during the 1982-83 academic year, he
says.
By 1983-84, the amount of aid for
University students would drop to $5.6
million, available to 2,250 students.
Vignoui says
Those figures are only estimates
based on Reagan’s proposal, which
still is subject to Congressional ap
proval, he says
Tito students should not be tod to
believe that this is final All this to is a
proposal,” Vignoui says.
The president's request for the
Guaranteed Student Loan Program to
$200 million more In 1982-83 titan the
amount spent in 1981-82, but that
figure would be reduced by more titan
$300 million in 1983-84, based on
changes the administration hopes will
go into effect this April.
The administration also hopes to
reduce the maximum Pell Grant for
1982-83 from the $1,800 level ap
proved earlier by Congress to $1.720
$125 billion deficit?
Lawmakers rap budget
By Ron Hunt
Of the Emerald
Oregon s congressmen — Democrats
and Republicans alike — are miffed with
President Ronald Reagan's budget
proposals.
Reagan’s budget includes deficits of
$273 billion over the next three years, the
largest in history, and has Oregon legis
lators in Washington, D C., upset about
its unbalanced condition.
The budget package comes one year
after the Reagan Administration singled
out deficit spending as the primary cause
of inflation and promised a balanced
budget by 1984 David Stockman, head
of the Office of Management and Budget,
now says the budget will be balanced
"somewhere in the range beyond 1988."
Republican Sen Bob Packwood says,
“I don’t believe interest rates can come
down with the federal deficit at $91 billion
— and I fear that estimate is budget with a
deficit of that size.”
"Oregon cannot stand that, the nation
cannot stand that, and I cannot support a
budget with a deficit of that size ”
A spokesman for Republican Sen
Mark Hatfield called the budget "unac
ceptable.” Hatfield's press secretary,
Jack Robertson, says ‘dramatic”
changes need to be made in the budget
because the "defense budget projection
is way too high.”
“The president,” says Democratic
Rep Jim Weaver, "has placed a double
whammy on the University of Oregon and
other interests around the country. By
cutting back aid to colleges and for
students, the president will be throwing
thousands of students out of our
schools.
“Unfortunately, by keeping interest
rates high and the budget unbalanced he
is also making sure those students will be
unable to find jobs,” adds Weaver
Republican Rep Denny Smith would
like to continue to support the president,
says aide Greg Walden, but Reagan s
proposed deficits are "further fuel to
raise interest rates ."
Reagan’s budget proposal ‘‘just
shrugs off the deficit," says Democratic
Rep Ron Wyden High deficits are "poi
son for Oregon," he says
A "basic sense of fairness" is violated
by the president’s plan, Wyden says Last
year Congress appropriated $12 billion
to assist the oil industry and this year
Congress is being asked to reduce funds
for ‘‘safety net” social services.
Democratic Rep Les AuCoin "disa
grees strenuously" with Reagan’s ap
proach, says his press secretary, John
Atkins. Rather than giving priority fund
ing to defense, AuCoin thinks the
government should be “requiring the
Pentagon to bear part of the share of
fiscal responsibility,” Atkins says.
Furthermore, adds Atkins, Reagan’s
projections are based on “unrealistic
assumptions." Reagan is projecting a
federal deficit of $91 5 billion in fiscal
1983. The deficit will actually be closer to
$157 billion according to a report from
the Congressional Budget Office, Atkins
says.