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privately funded schools. Uni
versity of Southern California
and Stanford.
Lindsey's litmus test for
measuring academic quality
counting the number of pub
lished work is not without
its flaws, but Lindsey said it's
"stilt one of the best tools we
have.”
University chemistry Prnfes
sor Richard Finke concurred
with Lindsey and said he was
disturbed by what the data
show.
“I think the data are pretty
good the best I've seen (re
garding state funding and edu
Lindsey echoed this depress
ing note
"There is a brain drain." he
said. "Oregon doesn't have the
resources to compete .. Some
people look at this as a with
holding for our young people "
Another unsettling aspect ol
Lindsey's study was the stale
funding standing of the Univer
sity compart'd with other Ore
gon schools The University is
toss funded than several of the
state's two-year schools
"It seems incredulous that a
state could provide less support
for its premier university than
it does (or its two-year col
“There is a brain drain. Oregon doesn't
have the resources to compete ... Some
people look at this as a withholding for
our young people.' ’
-Duncan Lindsey
rational quality)." Finke said
"The bottom line is. it’s kind of
shocking."
Finke said he's believed the
University hus been underfund
ed "for a long time." and that
Lindsey’s study bears this out
Moreover, the report also
confirms another of Finke's
perceptions that the Univer
sity’s educational quality is in
decline.
"This is my perception:
There's a notion that we're un
derfunded. hut the quality is
high I don’t think the quality
is high; the quality is declin
ing," Finke said.
leges," (he report stated
To Lindsey and others, this
has a "homogenizing" effect,
and brings the University to the
lowest common denominator
“(The system) is homog
enized ... and the University
copes with it hy hiring gradu
ate tear hing fellows, non-len
urod faculty and working with
outdated equipment." Lindsey
said.
University President Paul
Oluin addressed this issue in
an April interview, and said if
he had his wish, he'd pull the
University. OSU and "maybe
PSIJ" unrler a separate, two
ti«r system, such as is done in
Washington and California
"I don't mind saying an ab
solute first-rate research institu
tion is disadvantaged by Using
in a state system There's a ten
deni v in a state system to ho
mogenize tilings, and that
makes it hard to get the spec ml
kind of support you need."
(Hum said
"The way it's being done
now. it's too mixed together.
Oium said
However, not all of those
within the upper echelons of
higher education agree with
what the study savs aUjut Ore
gon. Thomas Bartlett, state sys
tem chancellor, said while the
gist of the study can lie taken at
face value, some of the data are
subject to interpretation.
"I'm dismayed fat the re
sults). but I'm not surprised.”
Bartlett said. But (the study)
could be quite misleading."
The study failed to cite the
growth rate of research at the
University and OSU, which is
"an important indication of
strength." Bartlett said, adding
that the data were "too gross,
the umbrella is too big
Moreover, Bartlett chal
lenged the study for not includ
ing federal research grants
awarded to the University and
OSU.
"(The report) doesn't show
external grants and si/.e of dis
ciplines and how the\ compare
to the same disciplines at other
institutions It's hard for me to
infer that the condition is un
healthy (at the University) be
cause we're efficient." Bartlett
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said. referring to the Universi
ty's high rate of research return
for each state dollar invested.
Bartlett also rejected the idea
of Oregon switching from a
one-level slate system to a two
tier system
"I'm not sure if you'd gain
anything. While we’ve got
eight campuses (in the state
system), the system is rather
small — we re too small to run
a clean two-tier system.” Mart
lett said "It'd be more moving
the chairs around; you'd still
need a coordinating enter
prise."
The study titled "Competing
in the Ai ademii Mm -10: An ex
amination of Funding in High
er education and its Impact on
Quality.” was researched In
l.indsey's sociology of science
class during winter and spring
terms I.indsey said he pre
pared the report for the Journal
of Higher Kducation.
The bad news is the study
showed that the University and
OSU received the least state
funding in the Pac-10. and. by
inference, were the weakest ac
ademically. Hut the good news
is the two Oregon schools are at
rock bottom, and have nowhere
else to go hut up. Bartlett said.
"We are going to work our
way upward from where we
are.'' Bartlett said
However, they'll be no re
naissance in terms of state fi
nancing.
"I don't see a real change in
the legislative support for Ore
gon higher education I ex
pect to see us improving our
situation, hut I don't think
we re going to hit a home run."
he said
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