Relief sought for funding crunch
By Jeremy Kemp
Emerald Contributor
Gaining admission to the
I 'niversitv has become tougher
in the last few years, hut get
ting into overt rowded classes
can be even tougher and
paying for a four-year edtica
turn may be harder vet What is
the problem?
The state Hoard of Higher Kd
ucation has an answer to that
question: lack of funding
In the last two years. Oregon
has increased its higher edu< a
tion spending by only 7 per
cent, while Washington. Idaho
and Nevada have increased
theirs by at least 14 percent
Oregon is behind 47 other
states in higher education
budget increases.
Money from the state Legisla
ture. constituting roughly i4
percent of the higher education
budget, has barely matched in
flation in the past few vears.
Tuition rates, on the other
hand, have outpaced inflation.
Student tuition and lees i on
tribute about l.t percent of the
budget: they rose H.75 percent
in 1UHH and 0 05 pen out in
lPH'l
Who .ire the people Irving to
solve the funding problems7
The ()regon State Hoard of Edu
cation controls the state's insli
tutions ot higher education Its
responsibility includes submit
ting budget proposals to the
governor
The board comprises two stu
dents from Oregon's universe
ties and colleges and nine Ore
gon residents.
"Most of them are business
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University, state system:
a guide to how it all works
Over the course of a
school year, students read
about the I'niversity admin
istration. the Oregon State
System of Higher Kdu< ation,
and the state board that
oversees their affairs Here's
how they work and what
they do
The I !niversit\ is but one
member of the Oregon State
System of Higher P.dui ation.
the group to whi( h all the
state’s public i olleges and
universities belong
Other members are hast
ern Oregon State (College in
La Grande; Oregon Health
Sciences t'niversitv and
Portland State t'niversitv in
Portland. Oregon Institute of
Technology in Klamath
f alls; Oregon Stale l 'diversi
ty in Corvallis. Southern Ot
egon State Gollege in Ash
land; and Western Oregon
State (iollege in Monmouth
The Oregon Slate Hoard of
Higher Kducation oversees
the system, meets every
month e\< ept August It
consists of I 1 members .til
of w horn make polit ies on
issues such as < ollege and
university budgets and
funds, personnel (including
presidents), and act on re
quests tor new programs
They also lobby the case for
higher education to the gov
ernor and Legislature.
(.'loser to home, the l ui
\ersit\ is run bv its own ad
ministration Ihe president.
i urrentlv Mvles Uraiul. rep
resents the l miversitv to the
board. Ihe legislature and
other outside organizations
Mam I 'niversitv organize
times work closelv with the
president and the adroinis
tration, including the
AS! '( ). the direr tor ol al
fimiative ai tion and the 1 'm
versity Senate
Brand is iissisted in his job
In tour \ ii e presidents, eai h
ol whom administers a dll
terent tai el ol l 'diversity op
oration
Ihe provost. \orman
Wessells, is also known as
the vice president lor ac a
demii attairs I he provost is
the i hiel ai ademii offic er ot
the I anversitv. and all ol the
various deans report to him
through regular meetings
Six vii e provosts, with
duties ranging Irom at adem
ii affairs to information re
sources and serv ices assist
Wessells
I he other three \ ice presi
dents are in i liarge ot re
sean h (lofin Moseley), ad
ministration |l)an Williams)
and publu affairs and devel
opment (Brody Remington,
who takes office in early (>i
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