HOW TOUGH ARE THE TIMES?
Administrators sit pretty
amid budget slashing
and tuition increases
While students empty then pm kets to
attend universities whete they < an t gel
into classes l>et attse ol a "budget insis.
some administt alors are enjoying
luxuries like mansions and tars
pint based vs11!i those same snapped
funds.
And Jeanette Adams and students like
hei are angry I hey le angry lh.it theii administratols
are living like kings anti tpieetis while students fat e
tuition int leases, bigger t lasses and fewer i est mi t es
"( .etnng t lasses is rcallv haul line, and like am big
st bool, there's problems ysith t lasses being quite
large," Atlams says “I think iheie neetls to be a
bteakdoyvn ol the funds asail.thle and re-examining
of w here dies re needed."
Atlams, an elet ted at-large leptesenlatiye of the
Asst m iated Slut let its of the l HI VVashingti >n, believes
university lutitls might Ik- spent mote enet lively than
by going administrators lug raises And across the
country, students unpaired by butfgel t onsli.tints ate
aii mg the same complaint.
I niversities ate tindei siiutiny by students anti
tat ulty members lor gt'mg atlliunisliatots pat kages
mt lutlmg generous salaries, t ars anti houses in spite
ol et ononut problems ravaging many budgets
I he nine-st bool l of < aliloima system vsas t aught
m the middle ol that dispute last seal While battling
an ongoing budget 11 isis, the system concurrently
approved a mdlion-doll.il retirement package loi
outgoing President David (iartlnei
I he system is awaiting a budget that will Ik- slashed
even further than the t-jx-i i enl t in last seat, and the
campuses still are reeling horn an HO-peuent tuition
mt tease timing the last five seats At the same time,
l ( has s[k nt hundreds ol thousands of dollars to bus
out <iardnet s contrail alter he aiiniiuntnl his
resignation in December.
I he l ( boatd of Regents finally approved, .diet
By Grcg Klein, The Auburn Plainsman, Ai'bi R\ 0.
•AM MAHTW *. r * K *
EYE OF THE
STORM: David
Gardner, right,
head of the U. of
California system,
came under fire
this year when a
million dollar
retirement
package coincided
with the state's
deepest budget
cuts.
Iioaid s .>< (:• >iis 111 (lie Ilium
"I think that vnu always have i«» adjust .u midinglv
li> ct onoinit times, .mil lime extirmr rt minimi
dines have made us look irahstiiallv .it wli.it v*f 1 an
pi nude tu .mInntifstt .in >1 v" she says
But the ptoblrim iicn t limited to ( alilotnia, they
.nr ,o wulrspir.nl and divrise as the grogta|ihi(
tegtdiis thc-v .diet t
\t Youngstown Stair l in Ohio, President Leslie
(lot hi an — 111 addition to his $ I hi.00(1 salat v —
t c( rises a vrai h Jli.OOO ( ai a I Iowa nr r, $21,000
aniiiial housing allowani r and a paid mrmt>eishi|) to
(hr i (»unii\ ( luh ol his choice, siw Min lev < at jieiitri.
rxrt utivr dim lot ol |>ei vinncl srnu rs
But ( (h hian's salary is aiming the lowest hi tin* stair
lot puhlit university presidents, which may inditatr
thr niotirv crunch at Yi lungstovvii white state funds
ot mote than $ I million weir t tit Irom the I'tU'J 'id
Budget 1 Bitty - two rrnpli >vrrs in rnlly weir laid oil.
the njuivalrut of Id1* lull-time positions have hern
ttmd tm long-lei 111 ^i■ • v\111 l\ul llit mones iiiiiltl mil
In- used Ini laises l tiiseisiiy ullii nils vtid using lunds
fi«>111 the etidnssme in i\ mil imiseisits polio anil
usually is illegal
Knlu tl ( atroll, |>it suit ill ill I list haptel i>1 lllf
Alllei it an Assot iatton ol l mu iMli I’l olessor s,
disagrees
" I In n- an- large amuiiiiis nl minu s dial go in llu
endow infill I mu I that are uniestiit ted." In- sas s
"We’re not nrai lllf poverty level llieie ait
Ilf me i ii lulls e mil iwine ill rrsouri es
Some, like Kti.it higian, sas film alumal ipialils
begins vs11Ii solid leadeisliip and si bools gel ssliat
they ie willing lo pay lor
“ I tic- snipe oj ad in mist i alls e i e sponsibility is
tilt it-lent and linn Ii laigei than (bat ol a prolessoi "
she viss " I his is not to vis that one is molt iui|>oi latil
than llie othri
lo otlie is. tut teasing salaries hu administrators is
tough to swallow when piogiams ate being i lit and
Icn^llis debate, .1 plan that will awuid
(•.miner on 1 ><•« (1 .111 annual pension *>t
Sl'.’o.OOO. a one-time pavment ot 5707.000
lioni a deferred iiu oine retirement par kage
and three months of administrative leave
Iregtnning * h 1 I. totaling $00,000 based <>n
his annual salatv.
Board ('hairwonian Meredith Khar higian
sa\s the regents had no 1 hoit e her a use
(•.miner legalh had earned the mono
"We ton t rat ted mime him the monel so
“...A gtxxl president won’t do any gtxxl if all
the faculty leave because of low pay and the
students are gone because they can’t afford
to attend..." — AndreaJones-Hartsough
"ON
\i (hr I <>l Washington, where nllii i.ils
an- < i inside ling a (all liiitiun iihic.w of as
niitt I) as 2 a jiet c nil, iego I!Is soled to give
President W illiam (.eibetding a Inimis
jiai kage. Ixmsling tin if itnine I tom $1 .'i'i.OOO
In more [hall $200,000 — the imisl rsei (laid
in a stale 11! Washington em|ilosee
Regents s,i\ the bonus vsas net essatv
lie i a use si hi ml ol I u la I s leal etl losing
(it-t lierilmg to another' universitv
I heir was a legal obligation,” slit* says. “In iralit) tt
isn't dial much money, bui since it is a lump sum it
lias Ix'cn blown out of proportion."
Andrea Jones-Hai tsough. v it f president of the
\sv x iated Students at 1 . of ( aliliirnia. Has is, dtK'sn t
think she's blowing anything out of propoi non
“ I he regents sa\ they need big pat kages to altrat t
quality people, but a good president won I do am
good il all the fat uliv leave because of low pay and the
students are gone because they can't afford to attend
the s< bool." she savs.
< iardner s salary and retirement pat kage aim t the
tau.se of the system’s budget problems, but they re a
symptomatic of administrative priorit/ing
nationwide.
Khachigian says the controversy will help shape the
fill aim ill* Vt ai IHn IK — a Ulllipin HJUim I'M
— was c ill.
At tin State* l of Ne w York, \lbam. thr school
prosifies President H Patiirk Swygrrt with $126,800
annualls and a Matraiwnrd tat Since September
1000 students ai SI \Y s< hools hair endured an MO
|>er<cnt (union im rraw and the system has losi IS
percent ol ns stair funding, bul Ssssgrrl has a
housekeeper courtesy of thr physical plant. sa\s
Vincent Reda, associate director of l niversity
Krlations at Alham
At the 1 of Delaware, administrators told
professors negotiating a pas tatse that the v hool svas
broke, but a consultant hired b\ the ptofrstors
resealed the m hool is one of the colours's wealthiest
1 he sr.ui h extx>sed SA*M> million m an endowment
Kit haul Hmn< he.tu. an at-large teptesentatisr of
ihc Assot iated Students <>l 1 of Washington, i.m
adiiiiniMiators fiavr In slum thru worth. "When wr it
talking salaites. administialnis nerd to prmr win
tilt s makr that unit h," hr sass "I don't know that the
(irrh l<t worth $‘200,00d a seat
Student government members at list bools feel a
kinship with the l of W ashtngton si tit fen Is
Jonr s-llarisnugh sass I'C.'s student regent is
looking into the int tuning president's pat kagr, whit h
is rumored to be siimlai toClardnei s.
“ I he student tegent is using to get information,
out e we find out. we ll make a puhlit stink." she sass
"I'm frustrated and angry and I eel a real need to do
something "