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Vol.8 Friday. Feb. 20, 1976 No. 17
Collective
Bargaining:
What it means
see page 13
Fall tuition hike likely
By MYRON CARDEN
Associate Editor
Unless the Board of Regents rescinds a ruling
passed a year ago to make students pay for a greater
share of their costs of education, an increase in
tuition will take effect in the fall quarter.
See related editorial, page 6
Three alternatives for increasing the fees have
been proposed by the BOR in accordance with a
policy passed a year ago that Florida residents pay
30 per cent of the total cost of their education and
out-of-state students pay 100 percent of the cost.
According to Dave McQuat, coordinator of
planning and analysis for the BOR, the only way an
increase in rates could be prevented is if the Board
repeals its ruling on making the student pay a higher
amount of his educational costs, which he admits is
highly unlikely.
The BOR, after review from its Finance
Committee, will consider the proposals at its March
1 meeting in Pensacola. Before it takes effect, a rate
hike must be approved by the Florida Legislature.
McQuat, said the percentage would be based on
the previous years' budgetary figures.
The proposals are:
—Tuition for in-state upper level (junior, senior)
courses would increase from $15 to $15.50 per
credit  hour.  Graduate hours for in-state students
would increase $6 to $26. Thesis hours would
increase from $22 to $28. Lower level (freshman,
sophomore) course hours would not change.
Out-of-state upper division students' tuition
would increase from $32 to $36 per hour. Rates for
graduate students would increase $11 to $48 per
hour both for courses and theses.
—The second proposal is identical to the first
except each university would keep an additional 10
cents per credit hour for Activity and Service
(A&SF) Fees. The increase would be taken out of
the matriculation fees.
This proposal was prompted by a request from
former Student Council Body President Apollo
Visko last year to increase the A&SF fees, according
to McOuat.
—The third proposal would save undergraduates
$6 per hour during the summer quarter. During the
other quarters, tuition for upper level in-state
students would increase to $16.50 per credit hour;
lower division students would pay $15 an hour; and
graduate students would pay $26.
During the summer, lower division hours would
be $9. and upper division hours $10.50. Graduate
rates would stay the same.
According to McOuat, the Board could adopt a
combination of the three proposals or come up with
an entirely new proposal.
Before the proposals are presented to the BOR,
they will be reviewed by a series of state boards
including the Council of Presidents on Tuesday.
'An insult to students'
State council firm:
opposes tuition hike
By HOLLY CRISWELL
Staff Writer
TALLAHASSEE - A firm
stand against tuition hikes was
unanimously adopted by the
Senate Council of Student Body
Presidents in preparation for
lobbying activities during the
Florida legislative session this
spring.
The Council, made up of
student body presidents from
the nine state universities,
arrived at their position at this
month's meeting, hosted by
Florida A&M University here.
"There has been a tuition
increase the last two years, and
during that time the quality of
our degree of education has not
been significantly improved,"
stated Jim Hardman, Florida
Atlantic University student body
president and chairman of the
council. "To ask for another
increase at this time is an insult
to the students."
The stand on tuition hikes
came in response to a three-part
alternative proposal from the
Board of Regents (BOR) which
implies there will be an increase
in '76—77. Students, however,
will be allowed to express an
opinion through the Council on
how the increase will be
implemented.
Alternatives one and two of
the proposal call for a $6 hike in
graduate tuition per quarter
hour and a 50 cents increase per
quarter hour in upper division
classes.
"That would kill our graduate
program," said Gary Andersen,
FTU student body president.
"We're completely opposed to
any kind of increase."
Alternative three proposes
summer tuition be reduced $5
per quarter hour and increased
$1 per quarter hour the rest of
the year. The BOR contends this
alternative will create a more
balanced student enrollment all
four quarters.
"There has been a tuition
increase for two years, and
the quality of our education
has not significantly
improved."
The council rejected all three
alternatives    because,    "By.
accepting one of the alternatives
we are theoretically supporting a
tuition increase," Andersen said.
Other reasons the Council
rejected the proposals include
the lack of consideration given
by the BOR to the students'
ability to pay the additional
amount,  and   the   fact  that no
additional money would be
allocated to financial aid despite
the tuition increase. The council
maintains his places a significant
handicap on students who can
attend a state university only
because of financial aid
programs.
Continued on page 2
GARY ANDERSEN
Senate gets
gay
bill
once again
The Student Senate bill
proposing recognition of the
FTU Gay Student Association,
after being sent back to the
Organizational, Appropriations
and Finance Committee (OAF)
for the second time, was again
sent back to the senate by the
OAF with a 7 to 1 favorable
vote.
The full senate was due to
vote on the bill Thursday.
The committee vote came
after OAF discussions with gay
club organizer John Greene
about the club-^s purpose
Monday evening.
Heated discussion over the
gay bill marked last week's
session of the senate, with Sen.
Rolfe White attempting to get
the Senate's approval of the club
immediately without the bill
going back to the OAF
committee. But arguments,
mainly from Sen. Gary Horn,
the first senator to submit an
objection to the club.
Continued on page 2
Photo by Alan Geeslin
HOUR AFTER HOUR, DAY AFTER DAY, the
Engineering Building's Foucault pendulum oscillates,
proving the earth does indeed rotate. French physicist Jean
B. L. Foucault discovered the pendulum phenomenon in
1851, laying waste to still popular beliefs that the earth was
flat.
BLACK PROFS
At FTU, recruiting them is   difficult'
By HOLLY CRISWELL
Staff Writer
According to Dr. Frank Juge, vice-chairman of FTU's Equal
Educational Opportunities (EEO) Task Force Committee, recruiting
minority members for faculty positions at FTU is "difficult."
"Why would anybody want to come to a state where there will be
no raises for probably two years when minorities in particular are in
demand for teaching jobs all over the country?" he asked.
Juge said the tight money situation in Florida has practically
frozen university hiring of permanent personnel with jobs going to
adjunct and part-time faculty until finances are more secure.
"FTU has the same number of faculty members this year as last
year. I'm looking for very few positions to be available at least for
another year," he explained.
When there is an opening, however, Juge said a procedure set down
in a joint program designed by represenatives of the nine state
universities will be adhered to.
The procedure, according to Juge was devised by the Department
of Health, Education and Welfare, (HEW) which said in June 1974
that Florida universities' recruitment of minority members was
ineffective and offered guidelines for improvement. The universities
followed HEW's suggestions and by August had compiled a "Program
for Equalizing Educational Opportunities" (EEO) designed to increase
the racial mix of students, staffs and faculities.
The program is composed of 19 "action forms," policies adopted
and funded by each university to attract minority members. The
number of action forms employed by each school varies with needs of
the' university. FTU has adopted 13.
Under the program, department chairman can no longer "call up
your buddy at the University of Florida and ask if he's got anybody
who could fill an opening when a new faculty member is needed
here," said Juge. He added this "old buddy system" had been used for
years and was not a satisfactory nor fair way to hire new faculty.
The ' HEW insists, under the EEO program, that "vigorous
recruiting" be used when hiring faculty members, said Juge. This
includes extensive advertising, of the opening through all appropriate
educational and professional publications and keeping accurate logs
on allapplications received and interviews given.
When a person has been chosen for the job, the choice must be
approved by Academic Affairs Vice-President CB. Gambrell and
President Charles N. Millican.
"Millican, in the past, did not personally review each accepted
application, but has become very interested in EEO, and last spring he
began personally approving accepted applications," said Juge.
Although legally no university is required to meet any standardized
racial employment ratios, the state University System (SUS) has set
goals which Juge calls, honest and realistic."
Juge said, the method used to establish these goals for FTU is
handled by Dr. Dan Coleman, director of institutional research.
Continued on page 5