Resource school cut 25% The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 8, 1983 - Pagq 13-A Tuition costs jump 9.5 percent (Continued from Page 12) BEING THIS FAR ahead of the field entails some risks, however, SPolakowski said. One of the most serious is that the plan could propel the school into isolation from the professional job market its graduates are intended to enter, he said. "This isn't thought of today as the type of curiculum generally accepted in the professional field," he said. "(With) some of the things we are proposing, we have to convince the profession that this is what they need." And there are other, perhaps even more serious, threats to the plan, professors said. AT THE TOP of that list is how to eliminate one-quarter of the school's faculty without laying off anyone with tenure. Administrators said that it is possible, but will be a rather tricky job because the school would also be seriously damaged if all its junior professors were fired. At the July Board of Regents meeting, Crowfoot said that to eliminate the positions the school would (rely on faculty attrition, incentives for early retirement, and "voluntary resignation," which he later declined to elaborate upon. In the past when the University has - had to eliminate faculty positions, several professors were paid bonuses to retire early. The University has never fired a tenured professor. ALTHOUGH NO professor would directly explain "voluntary resignation", several said that some professors may leave the school because they do not want to adapt to its new design. "I think there will be very clear messages to each faculty member of what is expected and what the results are if you don't meet those expec- tations," said Polakowski. Hales said that there "probably (will be) some professors who would find it more comfortable in another academic environment." "THERE MAY be people who can ad- just what they do slightly to adapt to a new School of Natural Resources, (but) they may choose not to do that," he said. If nine faculty positions cannot be eliminated through retirement or resignation, administrators may cut the fractional time some professors are hired for, or move some instructional staff to research positions, Crowfoot said. Because the school will be so much smaller, it will have a very precarious balance of experts in vital areas, which will also be closely linked to which professors leave, panel members said. (Continued from Page 1) Crowfoot ... opening new opportunities for school THE INABILITY to fill even a very small number of specialized faculty positions could seriously damage the schools effectiveness because of its small size, they said. "We think we can barely cover the expertise areas needed. But I say 'think' and 'barely,' "Hales said. Professors also see an uphill battle to raise graduate enrollment, which has been dropping since the review of the school started. "You have to recruit students into a program that is very non-traditional," said Polakowski. "The risks are high because we are in a changing mode and students don't like changing curicula or environments. They don't like the whole notion that it is not firm." like that, I just don't understand it," he said. "Why can we always find money to do that yet we can't find money to hold tuition down. I'm tired of raising tuition and buying a new building at the same time." At the meetings, Baker proposed an amendment that would have reduced the tuition hike to 8.5 percent, but the proposal received support from only one other regent, Gerald Dunn (D- Garden City). "IT'S ABOUT time we stepped up to the challenge of trying to reduce tuition," Baker said. In response to Baker's proposal, Shapiro said the University could withstand the $1 million shortfall the amendment would have created, but said it would not allow for much impro- vement. "Survival is not the isue at the University," he said. "It is a question of what we are and what we aspire to be... We are trying to build an international University and it's a damn hard thing to do." HE SAID TUITION must be raised in order to maintain faculty salaries at a level which will keep top-notch professors from seeking higher paying jobs outside the University. This year's tuition hike is the smallest since 1980, when the Univer- sity also raised fees 9.5 percent. Last year the tuition increase was 15 percent while the year before it was 18 percent. Frye said that the double digit tuition increases in recent years have been caused by declining state financial sup- port for public universities. IN THE LAST several years, the state has repeatedly allocated substan- tial increases in university funds and then turned around during the year to cut the money during financial crises. This year, however, the state has promised the University a 9 percent in- crease in funds, and University ad- ministrators are optimistic it will come through. With the assurance of a new income tax hike to back up the state's promise, administrators felt safe holding the tuition increase under 10 percent, they said. THE TUITION HIKE and increased state aid will allow an average 5 per- cent salary increase for professors, which Frye said is at least consistent with inflation. "I do not believe a 5 percent (salary increase) will be sufficient to help; us keep from losing ground with our peer institutions," he said. "But it will. be fairly consistant with what is going on." Staff will also get 5 percent raises this year, administrators said. If for some reason the state was ;not able to come through all the Univer- sity's money, which has happened frequently in the past, it would be a "terrible problem," said Bob Sauve, an assistant to Frye. Last year, the University was ab to absorb the loss of state funds, but is year the budget is very tight, Sauve said. Ed. School faces large cuts (Continued from Page 12) tenured faculty members, but I don't know," he said. WHILE HE had harsh words for much of the school, Frye did praise the Center for Higher "Education and the Educational Psychology programs. "There ought to be awfully good reasons to disintegrate those foci," Frye said. The University's Regents are expec- ted to decide the fate of the school in September, but before dealing with any cut, the school will have to find a new leader. Joan Stark, the school's current dean will. be leaving in the fall, and Frye is currently in the process of selecting a new dean. Against the wishes of the school's executive committee, Frye is restric- ting the search to within the University instead of looking nationwide. HE SAID that given the school's un- certain future, it might be difficult to attract a qualified candidate from out- side the University. Although the new dean will only serve a three year term, instead of the usual five, Frye said it will not be just an in- terim position. "(The changes) are not a matter of a few weeks or months," Frye said. "It is an episodic change over months and years and we need a strong deanship." Frye is expected to recommend a candidate for the office in the Septem- ber Regents meeting. ii UZbe £id gan Phone 764-0558 The Zenith Data Systems terminal gives you a direct line by telephone to the University main frame. Now you don't have to wait in line! Go on-line. Call the Learning Center. .uses standard ph one jack. 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