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Those figures could easily
raise tuition at the University
this fall to well over $700 a
term for an in state undergrad
uate student, not including in
cidental or health service fees
Additionally. Roberts pro
posed that $5 H million lx- cut
from state financial aid and
scholarship programs Student
loans, however, come from a
self-funded system that will not
lie affected
Much uncertainty
Roberts, who will lie sworn
in as governor next Monday,
said exactly how high tuition
climbs and how many students
are allowed to enroll will tie
pend on future negotiations
"The chancellor and I an?
still discussing (tuition in
creases). because it is the rela
tionship between that tuition
and the other cuts that art
made in the higher ed system
that wc- will work to find a
comfort level for me. for the
< hanceilor, for the legislature
and for higher education in
general." she said
"If you close — and for heav
en s sake that's not what we re
proposing — but if you close
Eastern (Oregon State College)
and Western (Oregon State Col
lege) and OIT and Monmouth,
you still would nut reach that
number (of necessary cuts)."
"So I think that tells you. if
you would have to close four
colleges to reach it. what its
impact is on higher educa
tion."
Property tax-limiting Meas
ure 5, passed in the Nov. ti
election, will require the state
to provide $033 million more
for funding public schools than
it would have during 19U1-93.
shifting dollars away from oth
er stale-funded agencies
The effects of Measure 3
combine with sour revenue
forecasts to produce a $840 mil
lion gap .1 deficit that Rob
erts' budget cuts must fill.
"We have done some things I
don't feel good about." Roberts
said "But we clearly had in
structions from the people of
this state through Measure 5
"We took those instructions
carefully and dearly The\
wanted property tax relief, and
they wanted at < ountabilitx and
efficiency in government We
built that in We've tightened
our lielts We've ( ut bai k We
flattened the organizations, and
we have taken real cuts
throughout state government,
she said
"It was a very painful pro
cess One of the ways I can l>est
describe it is. we released these
numbers to the legislators we
found them just appalled at
what we had done '
finding a balance
Vice Chancellor Utrge said
lhal with the Higher Education
Board's method of computing
the budget targets, colleges and
universities will have to ciil
SH») million over the next two
years.
In order to slice that much
from its budget, higher educa
tion will have to significantly
increase tuition and make pro
gram and personnel cuts, l-argc
said.
"What we don’t know for
sun* is where we are going to
strike the balance," he said.
If students pay more — 6.7
percent more each year at the
state’s universities and addi
tional $200 surcharges each
term — almost half of that
budget reduction would lie
met.
Beyond tuition increases.
Roberts’ proposal ot cutting
r>00 faculty ami staff members
and administrators out the sys
tem would relieve another $46
million, making up the rest of
the budget cut
"If you cut 500 (employees)
out. in order to cut back half of
the Sflti million problem, that
would mean we will have to re
duce students bv about
1-arge said
State-wide enrollment caps
would have to lx- lowered by
that number, "because we
don't want to end up in a situa
tion where students are having
to pay more and get less." he
said
"You may have fewer stu
dents and smaller institutions
paying more, but we want to at
least sustain tin* current level of
(pialitv
Everyone affected
Kolrerts emphasized that the
recommended personnel cut of
r>(M) people was just that: a rec
ommendat ion
"They can choose how to
take that cut; we have only giv
en them a target, and they have
a lot of flexibility in choosing
how that target is made up.
she said
i,arge said that non*; of the
recommendations. including
the faculty and staff cuts, has
become firm decisions "I want
to stress that no final decision
has been made in this We ha
ven't reached full agreement
with all the people who have a
slake in this."
Moreover, higher education
does not yet know how much
each institution in the system
would be cut. lairge said
"We don't intend to cut
across the board system-wide,
so each will Ire affected differ
ently." he said. “On the other
hand each institution will be
affected. And we an* asking the
presidents to recommend the
cuts to the chancellor and to
the board of Higher Educa
tion."
Lirge also said that while
discussion of eliminating one
or two institutions has arisen,
no such move is in the works
"We think we can work out a
better response right now Hut
Photo bv John Slouju
Mike Marsh, administrator of the State Budget and Manage
ment Division, explains the effects of tax-limiting Measure 5
on the state's general fund, which funds one-third of higher
education around the state.
if this problem persists into the
next biennium, and certainly
into the one after that, then
those an- much more likely sce
narios.”
As for Oregon's low faculty
salaries. Roberts' proposals in
cluded no additional funds for
salary improvement, aside from
a modest increase for all state
employees Measure 5 and rev
enue shortfalls have eliminated
Gov Neil Goldschmidt's year
old proposal of an additional
$50 million for faculty pay.
Future relief?
Rot>erts also said she hoped a
new revenue source will be
found before till1 1993-95 bien
nium. If not. Measure 5 will
take even larger chunks of the
state's general fund, demand
ing even larger cuts.
"If we went able to put a
measure on the ballot between
November of this year and
spring, say. May '92. that
would give time for implemen
tation .. and we would be able
to put that money back into re
structure in time for the next
biennium." she said.
"If it did not get on the ballot
'till November of 1992. we
would liegin (the next) budget
process without being able to
have those new revenues. So
tilt! timing is very important in
terms of not going into the next
budget and making these kinds
of cuts multiplied times three
Roberts has proposed a 5 per
cent sales tax as a new source
for state dollars.
By passing Measure 5. Rob
erts said she believes voters
were rejecting a lopsided tax
system — one too reliant on
property taxes — and that they
were also asking for more ac
countable government spend
ing.
“If that message was. 'Give
me efficiency in government .’ I
think you’re going to see we
tightened our belts,” she said.
“But 1 think the second part
of the message is that when you
do property tax relief the way
we have done it under Measure
5. we make cuts that are proba
bly not good for Oregon in the
long term — or the short term.
And 1 think there will 1m? a dis
comfort level on the part of
many Oregonians.
“Everybody, we felt had to
carry their share in this pro
cess." Roberts said.
"But there will be advocacy
groups and citizens who will
look at what we have done and
believe there must have been a
better way to do it that
wouldn’t have hurt as many
people.
"We tried, and we did every
thing we could... But there is
no question. I think the public
in Oregon is going to see some
pain. 1 think they will under
stand that we have created
pain."
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Coin said
Now that GTFs may contract for more research
work, professors can allot more funds for projects em
ploying graduate students.
Before the contract revisions, professors were limit
ed in till! amount of funds thr\ could spend on re
search conducted by GTFs.
The revision of the clause acknowledges the practice
of combining research grants and funds allotted for
GTFs to pay graduate students a more competitive
wage. I!ph<im said.
The move, in effect, recognizes the importance of re
search at the University. Upham said.
Membership in the CTI-'F offers many benefits. I-i
Com said.
"If you’re not in the bargaining unit, you're not en
titled to salary increases.” she said “And you'll have
to buy ASIJO health insurance, which is alMiut three
times as much as Preferred Health Northwest health
insurance.” the plan offered by the federation.
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