Board mulls education issues
By Mike Sims
Of Um Emerald
The State Board of Higher
Education discussed a variety of
topics relating to academic
reform during its two-day
retreat at the Hatfield Marine
Sciences Center in Newport on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Chancellor Bud Davis ex
plained that the board's primary
objective during the retreat was
to address the major problem
facing Oregon’s system of
higher education: funding for
academics.
The chancellor stated several
facts that paint a dim picture of
the state higher education
system’s fiscal situation. Davis
said Oregon ranks last among
Western states and in the lower
10 percent nationally in terms
of faculty salaries at its public
colleges and universities.
Davis asserted that passage of
Ballot Measure 2, a 1.5 percent
property tax limitation
measure, on the Nov. 6 general
election ballot would be very
detrimental to Oregon’s public
schools and would have grave
consequences for higher educa
tion in Oregon.
The board proposed and
drafted a resolution opposing
the measure during the retreat,
and then unanimously approv
ed the resolution at its regular
monthly meeting Friday in
Monmouth.
Davis also reiterated a belief
that the system needs to put
more money into building
repairs, maintenance and
equipment at its eight colleges
and universities. He said that
such a commitment is essential
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if the higher education system
is to make a "full contribution”
to Oregon’s economic
development.
Specifically, Davis said that
full computerization of the state
college and university cam
puses, particularly libraries,
was essential.
And Davis again expressed a
concern that if the 1985
Legislature were to give the
state higher education system
less than its requested $641
million budget, Oregon’s public
colleges and universities might
be forced to restrict enrollment.
Much of the first day of the
retreat war. spent hammering
out campaign strategy for the
1985 legislative session, during
which the 1985-87 higher
education budget will be
allocated. Davis and Wil Post,
vice chancellor for academic af
fairs, told board members that
they had discussed the board’s
higher-education budget re
quest with 57 legislative can
didates and possible 1985
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