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Q: Do you support higher pay for
university faculty?
A: I do support higher pay for
higher education faculty, and that
is part of the funding package I've
talked about; $150 million more
in the first biennium and $200
million more in the next bienni
um. Some real dollars that can be
applied to these institutions to en
hance pay.
Q: How do you plan on helping
students afford college when
scholarship funding in this state is
being cut?
A: I intend to reverse that trend.
I intend to increase the scholar
ship funding, both on the need
side and the merit side, and also
intend to make it available on a
better basis for our private institu
tions. We are substantially below
the national average in grants and
aid for students to attend institu
tions of higher education, whether
public or private. My goal is to get
to or above the average within my
first four years in office.
Q: Oregon Universities are facing
record enrollment rates, and at the
same time funding is being cut.
How do you propose that Oregon
Universities keep a high quality of
education?
A: I will begin with providing
state resources. As to increasing en
rollment, it’s just great that students
are continuing on to higher educa
tion. The state needs to keep its
promise and provide additional
funds to accommodate students.
Undergraduate programs have to be
guaranteed, base level programs
need to be guaranteed, advanced
undergraduate and graduate pro:
grams have to be built up and we
need to find money for research
and extension services.
Q: How do you plan on making
yourself accessible to students if
you're elected?
A: 1 plan to routinely travel
around the state. Every week, I’ll
travel to different parts of the state
and meet with citizens, including
students. I'm going to encourage
the student council officers from
various institutions of higher edu
cation to be in touch with my ad
ministration and be in touch with
their college administrations, so
that when I'm coming into that
area we can have regular meet
ings. I'll be accepting invitations
to speak on campus.
Q: Do you think Oregon's educa
tion system is adequately preparing
students for college?
A: Mixed reviews on that. Some
districts are doing an outstanding
job, and other school districts are
doing a mediocre job. But actually
in terms of the SAT scores that are
achieved by Oregon students, I
think we're doing a good job in
terms of those that are college
bound in the general sense, but we
can do better and we should chal
lenge ourselves to do better.
Q: What should this state do to
keep Oregon's top students at in
state colleges and universities?
A: We need to increase the
amount of merit-based grants. At
the same time we need to increase
the amount of grants and aid, but
also hold the line on tuition. That
is, there ought to be more merit
scholarships to encourage the best
students, and we ought to be very
aggressive about that. I don't want
to lose our talent.
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including extra questions, go to
www.dailyemerald.com.
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