The Michigan aily--Wednesday, July 8, 1981-Page 3
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES LEAVE STUDENTS HANGING
Financial aid uncertain
By MARK GINDIN
Daily staff writer
The lengthy debate in Washington over the
proposed changes in aid to college students has
produced smaller funds for most University students
and confusion for financial aid officers.
The Pell Grant (formerly the BEOG) has been
reduced in funding as well as the formula used in
computing the award, said Jim Zimmerman,
associate director of the University's Office of Finan-
cial Aid.
THE GUARANTEED Student Loan will probably.
have some sort of need requirement attached to it in
the future, he said; and the National Direct Student
-Loan Program has been reduced by $100 million, or 35
percent of its operating budget.
The State Competitive Scholarship Program, made
up of one-third federal money, has also been reduced,
said Zimmerman. Whereas the highest award two
years ago was near $1,200, the maximum amount this
year is about $940, Zimmerman said.
The awards will not be final until the school is sure
of the amount the government will furnish the
various programs, Zimmerman said. The final
figures will probably not be available until nearer the
Congressional recess, later this month, he said, so
schools around the country are currently estimating
and guessing at the awards as they are sent out.
THE MAXIMUM Pell Grant award has been
reduced from the $1,750 level of last year to $1,670 for
the 81-82 school year, Zimmerman said. Another
reduction, not as visible, is a change in the com-
putation of eligibility indexes, he said.
- The formula for calculating- an applicant's
eligibility rating, or index, has previously taken in-
flationary rises in income into account. The current
formula no longer considers inflation, with the effect
being an interpretation of a family's wealth that may
be higher than it really is, he said, thereby reducing
the amount awarded.
The Guaranteed Student Loan Program is
definitely in for some changes, said Zimmerman,
"that will likely be in some form of needs test to
establish eligibility."
ACCORDING TO A recent report in the Chronicle
of Higher Education, a bill passed by the Senate
limits eligibility to students from families with an-
nual incomes of $25,000 or less. Students with family
incomes over the limit will have to pass a needs test
in order to borrow, stated the report. The House bill
requires all students to pass a needs test, it stated.
See FINANCIAL, Page 4
County officials
now conducting
canine census
By SANDRA SMITH
Daily staff writer
The next knock on your door could be
a census taker-not asking how many
people are residing in your home or
even the number of vacuum cleaners
owned, but rather, tabulating a head
count of dogs.
In an effort both to curb possible
health problems and to maintain the
area's humane society facilities, the
Washtenaw County Sheriff's depar-
tment is currently conducting a dog
census, according to Leon Case,
Washtenaw County animal control of-
ficer.
THE PRIMARY reason for the cen-
sus is "to find out if they (the dogs) are
licensed," Case said. Such information
is necessary for health reasons (as a
rabies preventative) and to pay for the
costs incurred by the county because of
stray dogs.
"The main idea is to tag dogs so we
know if they have had their shots,"
Case said, "since the rabies shot is
required in order to geta license."
"If a youngster bitten by a dog could
identify whether or not the dog had a
tag, and its color, we would know if the
dog had had its shots," Case said. "If
not, the child frequently must have
shots himself, which can be tremen-
dously painful."
WASHTENAW County hasn't had a
rabid dog in 40 years, "but it could hap-
pen," Case said. "If we don't keep con-
trol, we could have a rabies epidemic."
Some counties set license fees as high
as $50 per dog to take care of all costs,
Case said, who estimates that fees have
not been raised in this county in 20
years.
CASE SAID that dog licenses in this
county expire each year on December
31. The licenses go on sale in November
and December, and remain the same
price until March 1, said Case, when the
price goes up. "It's a penalty that must
be paid like the late tax penalty," ex-
plained Case.
However, the census-taking may
have caused an increase in abandoned
dogs. "People say they can't afford a
dog license," Case said.
See OFFICIALS, Page 9
0 ally rhoto by KMm HILL
A STUDENT WAITS with her dog for a break in the traffic on State St.
yesterday. Washtenaw County officials are wrapping up a census of dogs
next month in an effort to make sure more county canines are properly
licensed.
'U' enrollment
of foreign
students upsets
congressman
DETROIT (UPI)-U.S. Rep. Jim Dunn (R-Mich.)
was point-blank yesterday in his displeasure at lear-
ning half of all doctoral candidates in engineering at
the University of Michigan are students from foreign
nations.
He was less than clear about a solution, however.
TESTIFYING BEFORE a House subcommittee
considering government's role in automotive resear-
ch, David Cole of the University's College of
Engineering pointed to American industry's dif-
ficulty in obtaining qualified engineers.
He said nations like Japan have far more
engineering graduates than does the United States
and, as an aside, noted that at the University, "ap-
proximately half of all engineering Ph.D. candidates
are citizens of foreign countries."
DUNN CHALLENGED him rhetorically, asking
"why should Michigan taxpayers subsidize" the
foreign students? He reiterated his annoyance during
a news conference afterward.
But when asked by a reporter for a solution, Dunn
offered only: "We will take American students first."
THAT BROUGHT a startled reaction from another
subcommittee member, Rep. Robert Shamansky (R-
Ohio), who retorted: "Regardless of their abilities?"
Answered Dunn: "The gentlemen hearing wit-
nesses testified there's no shortage of ability in
America."
Cole, however, had testified just minutes before .
that "it's not easy to get U.S. students to enter the
Ph.D. program."
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