Page 10-A - The Michigan Daily, Thursday, September 8, 1983 Student . By JACKIE YOUNG education costs. Fears since 1980 that President Reagan's Last year the Univ proposed cuts in federal student aid might end students' education co many students' college educations can be put cent of the applicant aside - at least for a year. came up short weref University officials say most federal grants costs with government and loanshave "slightly improved" and the This year, however,t outlook is brighter for student aid programs provide complete stud this year. cent of the cases, Groti "DESPITE WHAT our students might have FEDERAL FUNDI heard, we have more financial aid available to Supplemental grants,l more students than last year," said the Univer- neediest students, wil city's financial aid director, Harvey Grotrian. same level, this year, "It's important for students not to become million respectively. discouraged, because prospects are a lot bet- The federal-funded W ter," he said. increase from $528 to Most of the major federal grants and state- Under the Work Stud funded aid stayed the same or increased government shares c slightly from last year, Grotrian said. with employers. This y SINCE 1980 deep cuts in federal and state pay a larger chunk o government funding have hurt the University's percent compared to la ability to fully subsidize needy students' The boost is likely to4 lid funds stay safef versity fully subsidized osts for less than 10 per- ts. Needy students who forced to pay education loans or job earnings. the University expects to ent aid in at least 50 per- rian said. NG for Pell Grants and programs limited to the . continue at about the at $5.4 million and $1.2 Work Study Program will $540 million this year. ly Program the federal osts of hiring students year the government will f a student's salary, 75 st year's 65 percent. encourage employers to hire students, said Grotrian. INCREASED FEDERAL support is especially important this year since sky- rocketing tuition at the University has forced more students to seek financial aid. The University is the most expensive public school in the nation. As a result, out of 35,000 students at the University this year, about 70 percent will receive more than $112 million in financial aid, Grotrian said. "More and more students are relying on financial support, whether or not it is need- based. They are working more and borrowing more," Grotrian said. ALTHOUGH TUITION increases have been matched by boosts in financial aid, many mid- dle-income students who could previously af- ford to pay their own education costs, now receive loans. The federal government, however, has made it tougher for middle income students to qualify for Guaranteed Students Loans, the largest federal loan program. Current loan guidelines require a student, whose family income is more than $30,000 to pass a "needs test" which considers family in- come and size, the number of students a family has in college, and tuition costs. The stiffer requirements resulted in a 30 percent decrease in University students applying for federal loans last year, said Grotrian. TOP PUBLIC and private schools nation-, wide, such as Harvard or Brandeis Univer- sities, can offer students better financial aid packages which has made the University less competitive. The competition has hit most severely in at- tempts to boost black enrollment. Since 1978, black enrollment at the University has dropped from 6.9 to 5.2 percent, although overall minority enrollment has stayed constant. To combat the drop and also attract high- quality students, the University increased minority merit scholarships by $200,000 this r'83 year, said Jerry Augsberger assistant financial aid director. THE UNIVERSITY will offer 170 minority' scholarships to both resident and non-resident- students this year, he said. Planning for 1984 financial aid begins in Oc. tober and the outlook is unclear as to whiclh way programs will turn. Reagan tried earlie; this year to eliminate three federal program^ and replace them with one "Self-Help Grant" for 1984, but it failed by a wide margin in Congress.- Reagan's proposal would require students ti; pay 40 percent of their education costs - aI minimum of $800 - to qualify for federal aid.' The "self-help" grant would encourage studen>i ts to pay for their own college education' Reagan says and turn to the federal gover-" nment as a last resort. But Thomas Butts, the University's assistant, to the vice president for academic affairs irk Washigton, said the "self-help" proposal is a' "dead fish" in Congress. r. 'U' won't replace draft resisters'fi eontinuedfromPage1) "inherently unfair," said Regent university loan or a campus job, said Look into the Air Force ROTC. And there are 4-year, 3-year, or 2-year programs to choose from. Whichever you select, you'll leave college with a com- mission as an Air Force officer. With opportunities for a position with responsibility...challenge...and, of course, financial rewards and security. The courses themselves prepare you for leadership positions ahead. Positions as a member of an aircrew... or as a missile launch officer... positions using mathe- matics... sciences... engineering. Look out for yourself. Look into the Air Force ROTC programs on campus. For more information, stop by North Hall or call (313) 764-2403. Put it all together in Air Force ROTC. because it forces the University to become "a policing arm of the federal government." Shapiro said in June that he was "pleased" with the Minnesota judge's ruling. But despite his opposition to the law, "there will be no policy for making up the money," he said. Frye also said using the University to enforce a federal law is "extraor- dinarily inappropriate," but added that circumventing the law with replacem- ent aid is not the best way to fight it. "It would be wrong for the University to unilaterally seem to counter a federal law," Frye said. IF THE SUPREME Court does not reverse its decision after hearing an appeal, Frye said it is "doubtful" that the University would adopt a replacem- ent fund program next year. Even if administrators supported such a program, it would have to be ap- proved by the University's Board of Regents - and the chances of that ap- pear slim. Replacing lost government aid to non-registered students would be "WHILE I feel (the law) is inap- propriate and I hope Congress succeeds in its efforts to repeal it, likewise it is inappropriate for us to favor people who do not comply with the law," Roach said. "There is not enough money around as it is, and to discriminate in favor of people who don't comply with the law is going against the grain," he said. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) said that although the law is 'an emotional issue, all of us are obliged to support the system of laws in the coun- try." "AS A PUBLIC institution, you don't make your own laws," Baker said. "If there is disagreement with the law, the University should challenge it in court." But the University's stand on the issue doesn't mean students won't be able to find replacement funds, said. Grotrian. Financial aid counselors will help students find jobs and grants from outside the University to make up for the lost federal funds, he said. Students received letters last month from the financial aid office explaining the taw and clarifying that University grants and loans will be unaffected. The University of California has taken the lead among public schools nation- wide by adopting an alternative loan program. Non-registered California students who refuse to comply with the law will be eligible for either a- UCLA. California will, replace non- registrants federal aid only if there is money remaining after students who complied with the law receive their aid, said Dreyer. The University loan will replace National Direct Student Loans (NDSL), Supplemental Grants, and Work Study, but not Pell Grants and Guaranteed Student Loans, the two major federal grant programs. ONLY ONE student at UCLA has refused to comply with the law, -but Dreyer said he expects more since classes don't start until the end of September. A few private schools, including Yale and Stanford Universities and two small Quaker colleges, Earlham and Swarthmore, are offering non- registered students loans at slightly lower rates than banks. UCLA, however, is providing loans at the same 5 percent interest rate as NDSLs. Yale has taken heat for its bold stand from conservative Washington colum- nists William Buckley and George Will who said the school is trying to make a political statement. But Donald Routh, Yale's financial aid director, said the school's adamant stand on replacement loans is mainly to uphold Yale's 20-year policy of prviding students with com- plete education aid. "THERE ARE other appropriate ways to enforce Selective Service laws (rather than through financial aid of- Thomas Roach (D-Saline). Larry Dreyer, financial aid director at iancial aid fices)," Routh said. An unfair burdenf placed on financial aid offices becau "not all draft resisters are in collei and not all receive financial aid," tie said. Yale loans cost students about $4,000 more than low-interest rate federal student loans, Routh said. Even with the alternative loans, the threat of losing federal aid can force needy stud- ents to register, he said.A! "There is a tremendous pressure to register," Routh said. "The law is coercive because of the added costs." SCHOOLS, SUCH as Yale, will not b punished for subsidizing non-registere4 students, -according to Bob Jamroz, :a spokesman for the Department of Education, the federal agency which enforces the law. The law only restricts federal financial aid, Jamroz said, ad- ding that schools are free to use their own funds to replace lost aid. The law's author, Rep. Gerald Solomon (R.N.Y.), is not as lenient toward schools helping out non- registrants. In May, Solomon in.- troduced a bill that would cut federal research grants - especially defense research contracts - from schools that subsidize non-registered students., Nationwide, about 96 percent, or ID million men have registered, leaving about 400,000 non-registrants. About 70,000 non-registrants have receivedl warning letters from the Selective Ser- vice and 100 men are being "huntedl down" by the FBI,raccording tok JJustice Department spokesman. 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