CRL T may be cut by *$1 00,000 By SUE INGLIS The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching can 1Y I atisorb a $100,000 cutback in its General Fund allocation* "wyithout significant adverse effects," according to a memo of; recommendation prepared by the six-member review __________________ committee. The proposed cut, approved Friday by the University ''. . 3udget Priorities Committee, represents a 25 percent reduc- . . tion in the Center's budget.. CRLT IS A faculty instructional resource center which [A povides faculty workshops on teaching, course evaluations, and funding for teaching innovations. The Center also con- deCts research on how students learn. The memo states that in deciding which of the Center's services should be cut, the committee gave a higher priority to the Center's mission of "improving the teaching activities of the Universityes mission of researching "the linkages between teaching and learning." o "A fundamental overall conclusion of the committee's review is that a Center focused on improving teaching is a TOM MONTGOMERY PRESENTS his I. necessity at the University of Michigan, both in good and in ployee in the main equipment cage in bad financial environments," the report stated. Building, for use of some equipment. Unde THE COMMITTEE also concluded that a lower level of the Recreational Sports budget, all student funding and implementation of a user fee for some of CRLT's services will improve its cost effectiveness and possibly lead to further long-run budget reductions. ; The report recommends that proposed cuts submitted to the committee in January by CRLT Director Wilbert - McKeachie be adopted and such services as teacher workshops and possibly course evaluation be switched to user fee, rather than General Fund, support. Budget reductins for the Depar.'fOr The reductions proposed by McKeachie after polling his tme of Recreational Spirts, ' staff included closing the Evaluation and Examinations Of- Micthiga Media, and the Center for .. ml fice, which provides test scoring services and freshman Research on Learning aid Teachng hey placement tests, and reducing the $15,060 instructional will not become et fectve until the ret development fund to $2,000. In addition, McKeachie recom nversity's exetvtitp cutve. ocesa Ser mended that about seven staff positions, staff travel, and pro.. . the pr.p.sals . thr bookkeeping expenses be cut. The Committee on Budget .Ad- .Re ACCORDING TO THE memo the elimination of the ~inistraton, whch. consists, of the Ro Evaluation and Examinations Office would effect a $27,000 Univ rsity president and. ice. pre savings and "should not be allowed to cause a drastic drop in resident, met Sunday to review f the ,University's ability to score tests and to evaluate and s and the reommen P: assign new students to class levels." The review committee daio reprt..n. the Exte.. ....an< recommends that the Office of the Vice President for Service. bel Academic Affairs and other appropriate units" determine MEMBERS OF THE University bud to what extent and by whom EEO's functions should be y h h re picked up. muiywl a fnlc~ue rp The memo states that the committee's proposal for an "ac- t penon the budget cuts in an Sei tual-cost user charge" type funding for areas such as teacher T hursdarig vf the .ommitte . .. workshops and CRLT publications "would allow intra- heursdy e Apsil t pr. university market forces to influence which programs would ,p t oet y mut minate ay R. be continued and which should be cut back.' program, as will likely be te ease pe Michigan media The Michigan Doily-Tuesday, March31, 1981-Page 3 recommends smaller Rec. Sports cuts Daily Photo by JOHN HAGEN D. to Dawn Lewin, a student em- the Central Campus Recreation er the revised proposals for cutting t jobs would be saved. By BARRY WITT A University budget subcommittee has unanimously recommended a 27 percent cut in the Department of Recreational Sports General Fund budget, to be partially made up by a 50 percent in- crease in user fees. The proposed budgetary moves would allow all Recreational Sports buildings to remain open at current levels. LAST JANUARY, Vice President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye had asked a Budget Priorities subcommittee to review the impact of a $250,000 reduction in the department's $470,000 General Fund budget. The committee, however, found such a cut to be "undesirable and unacceptable" to the department, and recommended a $130,000 decrease instead. Students still will not be required to pay a fee for using the building, but the cost of using the facilities for non-students would go up under the proposal. Entry fees for participating in in- tramural sports would also be higher. Although the report did not specifically recom- mend how the department should spend its money, it did stress maintaining current hours of operation for the buildings and keeping all student employment positions. THE SUBCOMMITTEE recommended "any (employment) cuts would come from ad- ministrative and clerical positions," according to Public Health Prof. Frizell Vaughan, subcommit- tee chairman. Recreational Sports currently operates on $1.2 million annual budget, made up of the General Fund appropriations and more than $734,000 in user fees. The report states a budget reduction and an in- crease in user fees "are inextricably linked to keeping facilities open." THE KEY TO PROVIDING service and main- taining revenue lies in maintaining hours and programs at or very near their current levels," the report states. The subcommittee's recommendation must still be approved by the full Budget Priorities Commit- tee befbre being passed on to the University's executive officers for implementation. Department of Recreational Sports Director Michael Stevenson will respond to the report at Friday's BPC meeting. STEVENSON, WHO RECEIVED the report yesterday, said his staff will discuss the effects of the proposal in a staff meeting today. "A $130,000 cut isn't good news, but it's certainly better than $250,000," the director said. Stevenson was reluctant to comment yesterday, not having reviewed the report. He did say, however, his staff will have to complete a report this week reevaluating the department's revenue estimates for this year. REVENUES FOR THE YEAR may come in between $30,000 and $35,000 below original calculations. Expenditures for the entire budget have already been committed, and any loss will have to be made up somewhere, he said. Such losses may affect the total cuts recom- mended. Concerning the possibility of increasing user fees, Stevenson said such an increase could result in a drop "in the neighborhood of 20 to 30 percent" in the number of passes bought; although he could not be sure. The Recreational Sports subcommittee is the only one to recommend budget reductions significantly less than originally asked by the ad- ministration. "They couldn't sustain't(a cut of $250,000)," Vaughan said. The report states, however, "the unit can ac- comodate some real budget reduction without seriously reducing the quality or diversity of the program, not significantly reducing the recreational opportunities available." r faces 20% cut By JANET RAE Tie Budget Priorities Committee has informally passed a recommendation to cut the General Fund allocation to. Michigan Media by $250,000. The cut, which represents 20 percent of the resource center's total budget, is identical to the one originally suggested. by the University administration when it charged the subcommittee with ana'lyzing the effects of a major budget reduction. MICHIGAN MEDIA is responsible for coordinating all aspects of the visual media at the University, in- cluding the management of an exten- sive rental film library and audio- visual instruction and production. The BPC based its vote on the sub- committee's "minority" recommen- dation. The majority report suggested a maximum cut of $100,000. The reduction may still be changed before it is considered by the Commit- tee on Budget Administration, which will make the final decision. ACCORDING TO STUDENT sub- committee member Amy Hartmann, the minority opinion was supported by two of the six subcommittee members. Criticisms of Michigan Media's priorities contributed to BPC's passage of the full reduction suggested in the minority report, she said. "Even though Michigan Media needed to change some of its priorities we (the majority group) feared with the $250,000 cut Michigan Media would be dismantled ard never rise back up," Hartmann said. According to Hartmann, the debate over priorities centers around what some committee members believe to be an excessive commitment on the part of "It cuts our capacity to generate revenue," he added. "We'll be limited to doing only those things for which someone can come up with the money." "COST ALLOCATION information suggests that revenues generated from "It cuts our capacity to generate revenue... we'll be limited to doing only those things for which someone can come up with the money. " Director of Broadcasting Hazen Schumacher The minority report stresses faculty concern for the film library, citing that 65 percent of all correspondence to the committee "spoke explicitly in favor of maintaining the film library and projection services." The recommen- dation made specific reference to the need for strong funding of the film library. But Schumacher was skeptical of making funding of the library a top priority. "We have a memo of under- standing with academic affairs that the library is not necessarily top priority," he explained. "But we'll have to abide by what the executive officers say." the ann arbor Film cooperative I I2 INDIYIDUAL THEATRES Sth Ave. at liberty 717O00 April 3: "Stay As You Are" with Natassia "Tess" Kinski ENDS THURSDAY GENE WILDER . ROGER MOORE SUNDAY :. LOVERS (R : DAILY-7:25, 9:40 WED-2:45, 5:00, 7:25, 9:40 WITH THIS ENTIRE AD - one admission $2.00 any film Good Mon. thru Thurs. Eves. valid thou 4/2/81 "M" Contract hassles may force 'U' nurses strike TODAT TODAT By JOHN ADAM lRegistered nurses at University hospital resumed bargaining talks with hospital administrators yesterday morning. The talks were the first since contract negotiations broke down Mar- ch 12. The 1100-member University ;Professional Nurse Council notified the hospital administration last Friday that ;they would walk out on strike April 8 if :an agreement on a new contract was not reached by April 7. THE NURSES have been working Iwithout a contract since September, 1980 when their previous agreement :expired. Since then the nurses have been working under terms which have been extended on a week-to-week basis. Although it is technically illegal for any public employee to strike, hospital Assistant Personnel Director John For- syth said the hospital has made "con- tingency plans" in the event that the nurses walk off the job. Forsyth said that while the ad- ministration has the right to seek a court injunction should the strike occur, he did not know if court action was a likely alternative. THE NURSES say there are about 25 issues which remain unresolved in the contract impasse. They include extra pay for week-end duty, more days off, and no mandatory overtime, along with increased hourly wages. Forsyth said wages aren't the big stumbling block. Currently, he said, the annual starting wage for nurses working a 40-hour week is $17,160 while specialized nurses earn $30,576. In ad- dition, he said, most nurses make much ' more than the base rate by working overtime. Forsyth explained that in the last 18 months, the administration has im- plemented three wage increases to make the hospital more competitive af- ter severe shortages in nursing staff forced bed closings. Thus, the wage in- creases have "probably exceeded the cost of living," he said. The nation-wide nurse shortage, ac- cording to Forsyth, necessitates University nurses to work overtime, whether they like it or not. "It looks like they're making some progress now," Forsyth said, eighteen days after a state appointed mediator called off negotiations for lack of progress. The Happenings column appears on page 7 today Michigan Media to its broadcast capabilities at the expense of instruc- tion. "WE DID NOT FEEL it was our charge to analyze how Michigan Media should change its priorities," explained Hartmann. "That's up to the higher administrations namely (Vice President for Academic Affairs) Bill Frye." Director of Broadcasting Hazen Schumacher said a full $250,000 reduc- tion "would really limit our capacity to respond to the kind of needs we would encounter." Schumacher emphasized that the cuts were not final. He added that he was surprised by the BPC decisions. the film library have been used to sup- port broadcast capabilities," the full subcommittee report states. "Many of the current functions of Michigan Media are not central to the Univer- sity's mission and are unwarranted in periods of fiscal difficulty." Citing "misconceptions, confusions, and wrong impressions," Schumacher said Michigan Media is "doing almost no broadcast production anyway . . our major effort is going into Flint (WFUM televison station)." The pro-reduction arguments con- clude that the unit can absorb the cut "and still provide significant assistance to the teaching and scholarship com- mitments of the University." PRESENTS HITCHCOCK'S REBECCA 2,4:30,7&9:30 starring JOAN FONTAINE and LAURENCE OLIVIER Michigan Theatre. ADMISSION: $2 ENDS THURSDAY! 2 ACADEMY AWARD Nominations HO DBEHI DVVA[[ THE GREAT 3 GOLDIE HAWN ACADEMY as (R) M AWARD PRIVATE BENJAMIN NOMINATIONS DAILY-"SAN" 6 ,010,0:C"'' "PRIV" 8:05 WED-"SAN"-2:00, 6:00, 10:00 "PRIV"-4:05. 8:05 L I J Summer Session ' 81 UC Berkeley 6fTENTION ALL RECIPIENTS OF Please return your survey response as soon as possible. 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