RECRUITING
Continued from Page 2
l<m school, asking them to
contact their undergraduate
institutions or undergradu
ate universities near them to
provide information about
the University's law pro
gra m
Once a minority student
expresses interest in the
l 'niversiU the law si hoi d
tries hard to follow up on
til.it interest
So tar. recruitment ettorts
have been uorking
The ret ent ini reuse in the
number of minority students
is a good sign. Voting said
"Hut it is not lust recruit
ment." he said "Tile school
has to i reate an environment
where someone < an get then
degree
To help retain minority
and non lraditional students
out e the\ enroll the law
si liool created an at atiemu
support program for them
I he program consists of a
two-week orientation pro
gram in the tall and an ex
tensive tutorial program th.it
lasts throughout t tie first
year of law si hool.
Both Young am) Odion
(tknpe also .1 third year law
student and a Diversity (Ion
111 ion member, agree that the
academic support program
is working vvel:
In the tiast minority stu
dents often dropped out of
law si hool tor ai ademu rea
sons. ()kojie said The ! in
versity s support program
lias tier’ll si ■ suci esstui a’
keeping students m school
th.it other law si hools are
patterning their own po
grams after it
1 lie Oregon State Bar also
otters support and a variety
ot financial programs tor mi
nuritv students including
clerkship programs that pay
an hourly stipend to em
ployers who hire minority
clerks, i otulilion.il loans tor
which repayment may he
\y aived when the student tie
i nines a member of the ()re
gun State Bar; and a Minor
itv Scholarship Program
FUNDING
Continued from Page 2
versify arc.) In the Legislature said plans su< li as
tin- fi-i- mr reuse art’ a quic k liv and arc ulti
match detrimental to tin- mission of public high
er educ ation in the state
f’nlortunutely tor students tuition and fee
hikes are her oining c ommon I adversity under
graduates ta< e a Sol per term me lease in their tu
ition this tall, non residents S..‘
That's ,i cowardly approach to higher ed
funding l)i\ said People figure the students
aren't going to t omplain ahout higher tuition and
that they don’t vote anyway Raising tuition is a
short term solution, and it’s driving people awav
from school
Ills said the l.egislature needs to find reliable
and lair ways ot lundmg far ultv salaries and nth
el edtic at ion last
With the tee mi reuse already set m stone
Holland said he is cautiously optimistic the Leg
islature yvill approve the i.cyy si hool s reepu-st tor
S T ill.000 mo: e
Hut. he said, the case foi the increased iavy
school budget will have to he made etlec.lively m
the l.egislature tor main reasons, one being that
some legislators believe the state has too many
l.ivs vers already
With two private hm schools in the state
Holland said some taxpayers resent subsidizing
legal edtic ation at a public university
Holland said he disagrees yy ith them
Soc ial mobility is important m the legal
profession he said The legal profession plays
• m important role in th** assurance in the gunran
Iff nf f1111.1! opportunity In the rest of sot ietv
If is important in Us own ranks that tin- If
gal profession exemplify opportunity for people
v\ illiout regard lo ei onomii. t iniinlstances
Holland said that allhough flu- AHA s letter
Mill) have last a negative light on the I'niversitv
and the higher education system it ti 111in.itt-1s
imn have henefited file school
f ile AHA antagonizes .1 lot of people, tiler
bother people lift ause there lire people who think
that funding decisions are not the AHA s hus!
lies-, he said I think the \H \ plays a very ini
portari! role in assuring that schools remain up to
standard And we have not been in terms of
funding
One major project remains expanding the
law library In l i.OtWl square feet to allow for
nnire seating spai < Holland said the si 2 million
plan will probably have to wait lor another legis
alive biennium. possibly lou , or
I)i\ said 1 apital 1 onstruclion projei is sue h iis
the law library expansion will probably he ap
prov ed
There have been high points tor education
budgets in recent legislative sessions the I’m
versitvA new sciem e buildings and improve
meins to othet .trui tmes toi instance hut he
saul other t.11 ets of higher edlll ation also need re
pair
bricks and mortar and buildings did very
well he said Hut if we don't start addressing
some of the long term funding issues, such .is Ini
ullv salaries, we re going to have a neutron bomb
eltei t on these 1 .imposes, we'll have beautiful
buildings and no people leai lung in them
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