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By Julie Swensen
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CORVAU.1S — The Oregon
State Board of Higher Kdui ation
reluctantly approved the 199 !
<14 operating budget for the
state's public colleges and uni
versities Friday, appropriations
that are $122 million below
what would be needed to main
tain current levels.
The budget, reduced as a
result of 1990'* Ballot Measure
5, allocates $fi4 H million loss
for schools than was provided
in 1991-93
To help make up the differ
ence, tuition will increase 7 per
cent for undergraduates and 15
pen ent for grodui te students
during the next two years Out
of-state tuition will increase
between 15 percent and 19 jeir
cent, which is actually more
than needed to cover the cost of
an edu< ation at an Oregon col
lege or university, according to a
board report.
Some people expressed con
cern over the higher tuition,
espet tally because financial aid
levels will remain steady.
"If this trend continues,
schools will tie only for the
wealthy." said Robert Nosse.
executive dins tor of the Oregon
Student Lobby
The budget does not. howev
er, provide any cost-of-living or
other salary increases for
employees of higher education.
Board member Bobby Lee. las!
year's ASUO president,
abstained from the vote because
of the tuition increases.
"Putting art economic burden
on students at the bottom of the
economic, ladder is something
I'm fundamentally against," I-ee
said.
By the end of 1995. tuition
will have increased by r)H per
i «nt in four years, said Weldon
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Ihrig. vie •• c hancellor ol finance
and administration. Ihrig said
the increase concerns the board
because Oregon is a relatively
low-income stale, so the stu
dent s ability to pay tuition is
relatively less.
The estimated 100 programs
that have been cut since 1991
will make deciding what pro
grams to cut in the future a dif
ficult task, be said.
"That gives us few options for
others to cut in order to meet
the needs of Oregon and soc i
ety,” Ihrig said. "Students are
nervous as hell about their
options, and whether their pro
grams will he here in two
years."
That problem is compounded
by the fact that Oregon will see
a 40 percent increase in the
number of high school gradu
ates within the next nine years,
he said.
"And that doesn't count the
demand for higher education
and increased training for peo
ple who have already gone
through our colleges and uni
versities," he said.
University President Mvles
Brand, a member of the board,
said this year will be a turning
point for higher education in
the state.
"This is a watershed year for
the hoard, the system and the
UO," he said.
Brand said that if the proposed
sales tax on the November ballot
doesn't pass — a measure that
could help offset the shortfall in
higher education funding — he
couldn't predict what the imme
diate effect on the system would
bo. But ho said people will see
more academic efficiency in the
future, and anticipated that some
courses may be delivered elec
tronically.
Although many people are
upset with the loss of resources
for higher education, current
funding levels could have been
even lower if the Legislature
hadn't allocated $1H million
more than Gov. Barbara Roberts
rec ommended, and if it weren't
for Oregon Lottery funds.
State lottery funds will pro
vide $30.9 million for higher
education in the next two years,
compared to the $1.5 million
used in 1991-93, the report stat
ed.
The state's colleges and uni
versities will also get a revenue
lioost from the projected increase
in undergraduate non-residents.
More than 7,700 out-of-state stu
dents will come to Oregon in the
next two years, compared to
6,100 that was projected for
1991-93, the report stated. This
vear, more than half of the Uni
versity's freshmen are from oth
ei status.
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