e 1C 1DRI0 1 The MAV-ichigan.Dail Vol. XCII, No. 49-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, July 28, 1982 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages 'U' enrollment to drop by 830 By GEORGE ADAMS A drop in student enrollment coupled with decreasing state aid will have a significant impact on the 1982-83 fiscal budget and may create a "financially elitist school," University officials said yesterday. Sue Mims, director of the Office of Academic Planning and Analysis, said enrollment for this fall will decrease by approximately 830 students, even though freshman enrollment is expec- ted to remain the same. ACCORDING to Mims, the decline - composed primarily of continuing and transfer students - willconsist of 390 undergraduates and 250 Rackham Graduate School students. The remaining loss will come from 'This (the tuition increase and decline in enrollment) is a short step to an uncomfortable degree of elitism. ' -Cliff Sjogren director, undergraduate admissions professional schools and non-Rackham graudate programs, Mims said. Vice President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye said he does not believe the recently announced tuition hike was a major factor in the decline since it came after information projecting the drop was compiled. "That (increased tuition) will have a larger effect next year," he said. Frye said, however, that high tuition and the generally poor economic con- ditions throughout the country offered the clearest explanation for the unex- pected fall. "THERE'S NO doubt that high tuition is a large part of the answer," he said, adding that it puts the University in an uncomfortable position of accep- ting fewer students and charging them more money, a situation he blames on declining state revenues. "We will be accused of becoming a financially elitist school," Frye said, "and the lack of state support is pushing us in that direction. People have already begun to say that, and they'rercorrect. There should be a warning there." "THE REASONS (for the decline) are basically financial," said Cliff Sjogren, director of undergraduate admissions. "Not only is this a relatively expensive school, but our financial aid awards went out later than other schools, and our merit scholar- ship program is not nearly as com- prehensive as some other institutions." "This (the tuition increase and decline in enrollment) is a short step to See FALL, Page 2 Federal deficit may top $140 billion WASHINGTON (AP)- Federal deficits could reach $140 billion to $160 billion for each of the next three years, far above the Reagan administration's forecast and too high to permit a "vigorous recovery" from the recession, the head of the Congressional Budget Office said yesterday. As the gloomy prediction came in, the Senate, considering a proposed con- stitutional requirement that Congress pass a balanced budget, refused yesterday to require the president to submit one in the first place. The 53-45 vote marked the first test of the balanced budget amendment in the Senate. A two-third majority is required to send the politically popular proposal to the House. Alice Rivlin, of the Congressional Budget Office, suggested Congress con- sider following up on the package of tax increases and spending cuts now being debated with another deficit-reducing package in 1983. "IT WILL take another look at the whole budget, not exempting defense spending, not exempting the en- titlement programs-including Social Security-not exempting the tax side," she told the Senate Budget Committee. Rivlin's testimony contrasted shar- ply with Congress' official forecast for the deficit and with a slightly more pessimistic one that the Reagan ad- ministration is expected to unveil later this week. At the White House, deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said the ad- See FEDERAL, Page5 Uaily roto by DEBORAH LEWIS' Camera never blinks As the camera misses the action in the Diag yesterday, University Regent Deane Baker discusses his bid for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate with a Detroit television reporter. U.S. clears El Salvador on human rights WASHINGTON (AP)- The Reagan administration, clearing the way for continued U.S. military aid to El Salvador, certified yesterday that the Salvadoran government is improving its human rights record and pressing ahead with land reform. The finding, signed by Secretary of State George Shultz, came one day earlier than expected and was prom- ptly attacked by congressional critics who charged that serious human rights abuses were continuing and that land reform had been reversed. "WE CONTINUE to be concerned over the human rights situation and the course of the reform program in El Salvador," reported Shultz. "Nevertheless, there have been tangible signs of progress in each of the areas covered under the certification requirements and we believe ... a firm basis has been established for further progress in the months ahead," he ad- ded. The report cited problems in curbing human rights abuses and implementing land reform, but declared that significant progress had been made. IT PRAISED Salvadorans for con- ducting the country's first fair election in more than 50 years, the disciplining of 109 members of the armed forces over the past six months, and issuing land titles to 11,238peasants this year. The report also noted a decline in the number of political killings. "Although serious problems remain, we conclude that the government of El Salvador is making a concerted and significant effort to comply with inter- nationally recognized human rights," the document said. A SENIOR State Department official, speaking on condition that he not be identified, said the report contained "both negative and positive infor- mation." - The report does not address the issue of torture by Salvadoran security for- See CONDITIONS,,Page 5