Volome 35, Nomber 11
Friday, April lO, 1981
Schuler relays restrictions to be applied in 1981-82 By BW Brad.shaw Limitations on class choices. major fields of study and general en rollment a rc almost a certainty for NIC S1udents nert year, accordfog to NIC President Barry Schuler. These restrictions will come as a result or the cutbacks io sute funding for the 1981-82 school year and will leave NIC's budget shon by $469.000. Schuler said that although no specific plans were made Ill the March 26 NIC Board of Trustees meeting. he fears some type of enrollment limitations lllllY be enacted. He said that it may be done on a "first come . first serve basis" or by restrictive enrollment according Lo grade point averages. He respanded to a question on the legality of restrictive enrollment. saying that it w11 "a good legal queS1ion ." especially concerning In-dis trict studenis. Although Schuler hlb ordered a freeze on spe nding for the remainder of the year, several programs and college empl oyees will have to be cu t. The Human Services Specialist program. which trains people to work in health and welfare OC'Cupations, will be eliminated, thus saving the college S2.000. and the soccer prognm will aJso be cul for a savings of SJ .000. In addition. Schuler said that at U1c board meeting it was decided that 5.5 academic and 2.6 vocational employees would be laid off. He said that the academic employees involved are: - Warren Ducote, the vete ran's services officer. coll ege work study coordinator, asslstaJll soccer coach, head trnck coach and designated head SOCC1:r coach for ncn year (until that program wa.s cut). - Dean Dennen. the student activities coordinator. The ASNIC student board. however, has decided 10 keep him on with student funds. -Leona Hassen or the foreign longuagc de par1mcnt who is gomg on a lea"e of absence -.•ithout pay. - Mollie Chaffee. a nursing ins trucior nnd the head or the 85SOCiatc degree program, who was leaving anyway , will not be replaced . - Al Wyldcr. the athletic trnincr. -Laura Ca.mic, 11 part-timl' home eronomics instructor. Tilcsc posltionb ,. ill ,ave S79,000 in solorlcs for the college. Director of Vocallon11I Edul!'a lioo Clare nce Haught declined to gi\e names of employees that would be let go. but he said that one full -time position to be eliminated would come from ,•ocnuomil home l.'rooomks and that p:in-time
instructor a1dtS -.ouJd be eliminated from the dnifting. sur"cying 11 nd forestr') 1cchnology prognrm. He &!so said th:11 one other full-time position cut was being considered but that cut depended upon the amount of federnl funding th;u the college will receive. not come until July. so Haught declined to say whe re the Word on that funding cut would come from. if oeees$af} , He added tlull lhe$e curs an "the roost we could be affected - maybe not even that much." Schuler '>.lid tha1 tuition and fees ... be increased to also hel p offset the s tate funding shonage. He said that next year local full-time students will ho,·e to pay SSJO. an incre.a.se of SSO o~er this ,-car and that out-of-district s1uden1S will ha,·e to pa) SI.ISS mstcad or 1he curT'Cnt ·s1.060. roollnoed oa page 12
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Students facing $25 tu.ition, fee increase next fall By Laura Hubbanl NIC students will be pa ying a I 0.4 pe rce nt mcrcasc in tuition nnd ft'c, next )'<.':Ir 10 help offset mnation and recent budget cut~ . AC'COrdlng to NIC President Barry Schuler. the total cost of tuition and fees will jump from this year·~ rate of S2~0 per semester to S2o5 for full-11me local ,tudcnts. Nonresident stude nts Face a 9 percent mcre:isc. They will be paying SS77.50 per ~cme~te r as opposed to SSJO thh ye3r. , The fee for Mudcnt llClivlties made the largest meroasc of all the md,vidu nl chnrgcs. It was r3ised from Sl8 to S22. 11 22 percent increase . to pay the sala ry or Student Acti,•lties Coordinator Dea n Bennett. The college had previously be<.'n paying Bennett. but was forced 10 lay him off bCClluse of budget C\115. ~uition costs .\lone increased 12 5 percent for and 9 percent ror nonresidents. \... The cost of tuition and fees went up S2 pe r credil residcn is
hou r for local pan-time studcn~. nd S5 per credit hour for out-of-Mate students Thi> was a 9.5 percent incre:i.se for rc:.idents and a 10.4 percent increiLSC for nonresidents. The onl} charge to dccre~ v.b thl' fee for student service:.. v. hich went from S60 per ~mffier thi:. year to SS5 per ,emester for nen year Schuler said that tht• -.as becau,e of NIC's mc:rcase in enrollment. These fees arc bemg used 10 pay off the SU B. nnd since more students :i.re coming to the college. the ~harge doesn't need to be as high. In the p3St. ' IC's chuses for tuwon and fees ~ave been lnrgcr tbJn those or communif) colleges tn the ;irea. Sclluler S3id. but this 1s because n is not suppont'd ;is much b) the state. " When the state conml>utcs more. the students pay less." he ,rud. Schuler also Sllid that be hopes NIC can bold the tuition,. here it is and let the olher college, ouch up.
But, should the \tJle detide 10 budget more mone) to 'ilC Ill !he future. he said. the charge for tuuion v. ould 001 go dov.11 He said that the amount of 1ncn"bl' m tuilLlln is prert) cl~ 10 the inAation rate and that MC would sull need the addiuona.1 mone~ Schuler said that he docs not think local students ,. tll be luiieh affected b~ the tncrea~e pa rtly bec3i.se m1n1mum v.3ge has gone up for those who arc v.orking Since larger schools a.re also being forced ro raise their fees. he said th;i1 students 3l umversities and pm.ite schools "ould be hit the h3 rdest. Because of this. he said he e.1pects NIC's enrollment to keep gro,. ing. Though disndvantngcd studenrs ma~ lose the oppon unity to go to college, he .said more middle-class stude nts -.•ill probably be rommg because of the high eost of li,·ing at the luge umversitie,.
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