8 Wednesday. September 4.1974 University Daily Kansan Bennett, Miller outline stances on funding of higher education By DENNIS ELLSWORTH Administration Reporter Kansas gubernatorial candidates agree that the funding of higher education deserves a high priority but disagree on how this funding should be handled. State Sen. Robert F. Bennett, R-Overland Park, said, "The present method of funding higher education—state aid, modest federal aid and limited student tuition—must continue. A drop in enrollment wouldn't change the method of funding." “At the same time, we must continue to look for ways to save dollars and re-allocate dollars to avoid inferences of waste,” he said. State Atty. Gen. Vern Miller has proposed a controlled-spending system that would leave final determination of the priority of funding higher education up to the state legislature, said Robert Kennedy Sr., an assistant manager of his campaign. The system was modeled after the Ervin- hip Bill passed by the U.S. Congress goal set in 1986. Members of the legislature would be asked to agree on how much money was available to be spent during the fiscal year and then would be required to make the total of the appropriation bills fall below this figure. None of those bills could become law until their total balanced with the amount of money available. Within this limit, the federal agency's priority of higher education, Kennedy said. In a statement released by his office, Miller said, "Higher education must be one of the priorities of our nation." retain our institutions of higher education while looking for ways to increase their quality. Kennedy said Miller supported the Kansas State University three-year program for bringing female faculty parity with comparable institutions in the industry and said Miller would like to see the eligibility. He expressed support of the Regents' salad salads which will be carried out on the next two weeks. Bennett said, "If I were to compare the attorney general and me on higher education, I would say only that I have fought in the front lines of higher education for many years and that my record speaks for itself." "I have consistently supported full funding of the recommendations of the Board of Regents and, in some cases, expanding them," Bennett said. Reorganization is one way to save money without cutting back on services, he said. "At our colleges and universities, we are doing this. We have already reorganize in the postgraduate area and I am ready to get started in the undergraduate area." Bennett said. He said enrollment drops in the future shouldn't lead to corresponding decreases "There are some basic expenses regardless of enrollment. One of the changes will be an adjustment in the number of teachers." Bennett said. "One thing we have to do is work to coordinate the junior colleges so that the drop in any one institution isn't too dramatic," he said. Kennedy said that Miller thought the role of junior colleges needed to be examined. Museum reaches out to children of Kansas "A lot of money goes there—is that our priority?" he asked. Chancellor Dykes' Outreach program has a predecessor at the University of Kansas. It began three years ago in a meeting in the Museum of Natural History, floor of the Museum of Natural History. As a result of the meeting, a pilot field trip training project was conducted in Newton last June by Ray E. Ashton, coordinator of public education in Dyche Museum, and professors and administrators associated with the Museum of Natural History. Ashton said recently that the success of this project could greatly enhance KU's position in natural history education, a field now dominated by the Kansas State University Extension Service and the Kansas Wildlife Department. "MOST PEOPLE, WHEN they think of the museum of Natural History," Ashton said. "We don't only—that's the stuffed duck downstairs, Comanche. But we have here one of the largest complexes in the country and we're standing in becoming known to the people." The Newton project was designed to train local people to conduct educational, entertaining natural field trips for children 5-year-old and older. It also tested the ability of children to program in terms of time and money spent by the Museum of Natural History. Ashton said extensive planning was involved before the training sessions. "We took several instructors down a few miles and time to explore the surrounding greens." After this initial investigation, the group decided that there weren't enough readily available fossil remains in the area to spark exploring children's interest in paleontology. "YOU WANT KIDS to find a lot of things." Ashton said. The final plan for the Newton program involved three KU instructors and Ashton. Joseph T. Collins, vertebrate preparator for the museum, lectured on local reptiles and amphibians, Ray Drenner, museum curatorial assistant, on aquatic biology and Richard Lattis, teaching assistant in biology on birds. Ashman was in charge of the museum's exhibitions and demonstrations were conducted in four concurrent sessions illustrating field trim techniques. A total of 26 persons attended the workshop, including people from Wichita, Kansas and Texas. "Every community has the natural potential for such a program through their educational system, school districts or other institutions. The important trait is trained personnel." Those who attended the Newton demonstrations, "mostly retired teachers, teachers-birdwatcher-type people," are now in the process of planning field trips for students and educators. To prevent the University of Kansas from conducting its own statewide program. "THE STATE'S AWFULLY darn big," Ashton explained. Through the Newton project, Akson said he hoped to develop an ongoing system whereby the University would train people to advise them in their own local field programs. He said biological environments differed greatly from one section of the state to another. This fact limited the feasibility of uncompassing the natural history program. The Office of Public Education has been working in the Lawrence area for the past three years through "ummer workshops for high school teachers and students and programs for pre-school children. Ashton estimated that, through all its programs, "BY WORKING WITH HIGH SCHOOL teachers," Ashson said, "if we can get one turned on to the University, when a student comes to him asking about colleges, he'll ask, 'Do you look into what?' This is scrutinized by what we know we've got, not bragged about it. Ashton said KU definitely benefited from these contacts. the office dealt directly with about 15,000 people outside the University. "More importantly, we provide an educational course to Kansas. We have some of the top scientists in the world to teach us how we can work on environmentally type laws," Ashton said. "We have to cut the pieces of the pie even smaller." Ashton said. "Of course, it detracts from the museum because we're taking away money for the maintenance of collections and other operations. But we feel it's an important enough aspect of our program, so we, sometimes reluctantly, chop it (the budget) up." "We feel very deeply that we must keep the well-qualified teachers, yet, it's difficult to single out teachers for an increase," Kennedy said. However, the University budget has no funding provisions for the museum's public education program. Ashton paid money for this program at the Museum of Natural History allotment. He said that while teachers were receiving a salary increase, state employees were still left with a five per cent raise though faced with 12 to 13 per cent inflation. Kennedy said Miller would like to see funding for quality education rather than quantity with the expected university enrollment decline. "Instead of reducing expenditures to higher education, improvements should be made in the quality of the education offered. We must focus on providing students included in the program," Kennedy said. Since George Orwell's '1844' became popular, visions of Big Brother have plagued the private citizen. Students are often asked to believe that how their lives are recorded and flared away. Confidentiality of student records is guaranteed in the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct, adopted by the Kansas Board of Regents on July 10, 1970. Article 22, Section 1, states,"The official student academic record, supporting documents and other student files are confidential." Regents' code ensures confidentiality The Code of Student Rights specifies the code of information easily accessible to regular students. 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