Programs face federal funding cut if veto upheld
By GREG HACK
Staff Writer
Federal funding for student loans and grants, foreign studies, university community services and other programs will be reduced if Congress doesn't enact a memo of the 1978 Education Appropriation Act.
The House will vote today on the $7.9 billion education bill that was vetoked July 25 by President Ford because it was $1.5 billion over the President's recommendation.
The University of Kansas programs that could be reduced if the veto is upheld "have a pervasive effect on the entire University," according to Chancellor Chieh R. Dykes.
If the House votes to override, the bill will go to the Senate. If the House sustains the veto, educational programs will be funded in one of two waves:
- Congress would negotiate a new bill with Ford, saving some programs and sacrificing others.
- Programs would be funded by a continuing resolution already passed by Congress. The resolution provides the relief vail of the vail all's faucet 1978 level, whichever is lower. Fiscal 1979 began July 1, 1975.
so programs currently operating are being funded by this resolution.
FORD WHO recommended reducing funds to 8600 million below the 1975 level, said the bill was inflationary and "too much to ask the American people—and our economy—to bear."
If the veto is upheld and Congress relies on the continuing resolution, only a few University programs would face cuts, but continued funding at past levels would permit few new programs.
If Congress attempts to pass another appropriations bill, Ford's opposition to some program funding would still mean some cuts in educational funding.
Student loans, foreign studies and university community services will be the hardest hit areas at colleges.
Jerry Rogers, director of student financial aid, said Friday. "If the veto holds up we are likely to lose $70,000 in direct loans to students. This still needs to be addressed," he program but it would more than cut our direct loans.
He said KU gave 1,952 loans last year, each averaging $550.
THE BILL INCLUDES $231 million for direct loan nationwide, the same amount appropriated
The bill also includes $240 million for supplemental opportunity grants, which Ford funds.
for the program last year. Ford recommended eliminating the funding.
Rogers said this would mean a $288,000 loss for U, which gave supplemental grants to 445 students.
J. A. BURZLE, director of foreign study, said Ford's opposition to full funding for various foreign study programs contradicted the President's efforts at detente.
Ford recommended about half of the $2.7 million Congress passed for *Fulbright-Highs fellowships*. Burdice said these fellowships allow students and faculty to pursue research in foreign countries as well as do research.
He said about 10 faculty members and 15 to 20 students at KU received the fellowships each year.
*the purpose of the program is to promote mutual understanding among countries and it has a wide range of applications.*
National defense fellowships and the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) center at KU also offer opportunities for students.
BFLL BETLECHER, professor of Slavic and Soviet studies and director of the NDEA center, said there were eight students with national defense fellowships at KU.
Congress has voted $13.3 million for the national
defense fellows and NDEA centers. Ford recommended $8.64 million.
T. Howard Walker, dean of continuing education, said the University couldn't provide as much service to the communities in the KU area if Ford's veto is sustained. Ford has recommended eliminating Congress's $12,125,000 appropriation for university community services.
WALKER SAID KU would lose $35,000 in community service funds if the federal funds were eliminated. He said this would harm the program and it because the total budget was about $1.8 million.
He said the program at KU served about 3,000 correspondence students and 6,000 students who were interested.
"All together we have contact with 60,000 people a year," he said, "although for some this may just be
a conference or institute of some kind that lasts a day or two."
L. E. Heyman, assistant director for the Kauai library, said the libraries wouldn't be hurt much if the veto goes through.
He said this was because the University would lose less than $4,000 in a libraries budget of almost 10%
Ford wants to eliminate the $9.9 million that Congress appropriated for college library resources.
"I less than $10 million nationwide really just 'mnt when you find it up. It'Mayar." Most of "it" is made up of the words "Miyar."
However, he said losing this money would hurt KKM's acquisition of books concerning minority studies.
The act, the 35th to be vetted by Ford, originally passed the House by a 370-42 vote and the Senate by a 389-316 vote.
The Democratic Congress has been unable to override most of Ford's vetoes, including Ford's rejection of strip-mining regulation. However, the president has vetoed health services appropriations bill this summer.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 86 No.11
September 9.1975
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Drug group is relocated
The Douglas County Drug Abuse Council, recently reorganized after disbanding this summer, will move into its new office at the Douglas Health Center. Incorporated this week.
Randy Schwering, planning coordinator of the council, said yesterday the new office, located in the basement of the center at Missouri streets, wasn't part of the clinic.
"This in no way affiliates us with Bert Burt," he said.
Schwering met with the Douglas County Commission yesterday to discuss the reorganization of the council and the location of its new office. The council's office is being moved from the third floor of the courthouse because the courthouse is too crowded.
The council disbanded in July after one year of operation because of organizational and operational problems. The decision to move to its Dial-Drug information service in doubt.
BY DIALING 84-DRUG a caller can listen to a recorded message about the quantity, price, availability and quality of drugs in Lawrence.
Dial-A-Drug was funded by a federal grant to Douglas County that ran out in July. Schwierberg said yesterday the project was operating since July on local donations.
Three Douglas County officials resigned from the drug abuse council in June to protest the Dial-a-Drug project. The officials, Rex Johnson, Douglas County sheriff, Richard Stanwix, Lawrence chief of police; and Mike Elwell, county probate judge, opposed the project from its beginning in the meetings had voted against it in council meetings.
The county has recently received another federal grant of about $6,000 to reorganize the council, Schering said. The county will supply funding funds.
ARTHUR HECK, chairman of the county commission, said the new council would be organized this month. Local organizations would be involved in proposing names of individuals they want to represent them on the council. The commission will consider the names and appoint them as chairmen.
I. J. Stoneback, county commissioner, said this method of organizing the council was different from the method used last year. He said that last year the representatives were chosen by the organizations and approved by the council.
Stonebark said the old method allowed for the formation of special interest groups on the island.
"We want a well balanced council whose members represent the whole community"
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Staff Photo by GEORGE MILLENER
Nina Hutton, Des Moines sophomore, finishes her lap occupied by Credence the Doberman during a football game yesterday
evening behind Oliver Hall. According to Nina, Credence, who chairs to the floor or ground
Committee plans summer courses
By ALISON GWINN
Staff Writer
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Two-week or four-week courses for the 1978 summer session are being considered by the college.
After a meeting of the Council of Deans yesterday, Ronald Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said a committee had been appointed to develop a curriculum for classes next summer at both the Lawrence and Kearsaw City, Kan., campuses.
The committee will consider varying time periods for classes and will look at the need for offering a variety of courses, he said. KU already offers some summer courses that don't last the full eight weeks, Calgaard said.
"There are other models for classes than an hour every day of the week," he said.
Some students want to take one course during the summer but don't want to devote two months of their summer to the class, he said. Offering intensive classes that would meet for two or four weeks would assist those students.
A class that could be completed in two weeks might meet all morning every day, he said. The credits given would vary, and fees would be charged by the hour.
Many other universities offer classes during the summer that meet less than the requirements of the program.
Calgaard said he soon would send a memo to the deans asking for proposals for interim classes. About 20 classes will be offered this year, he said.
Calgaard also told the Council there were definite plans for courses to be offered in the interim between the fall and spring semesters.
Calgaard and William Argeringsh, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies and research administration, also will be visiting to discuss how to make requests for funds to cover the
The requests would have to be sent by Oct. 1, Calgaard said, and the equipment would be replaced or repaired during the 1976 fiscal year from a $100,000 equipment fund established during the last session of the legislature.
Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records,
make a preliminary report on enrollment to
"It obviously indicated that our enrollment is up substantially over a year
Final enrollment figures will be released to the Board of Regents on the 30th day of college.
D. Cramer Reed, dean of the Wichita State branch of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, has been appointed vice chancellor for the Wichita branch.
Titles changed at med branch
The appointment, which is primarily a change of titles rather than a change of duties, was announced yesterday by KU Chancellor Archie R. Dykes.
His salary will be paid by Wichita State University and KU. Dykes said.
Reed will be primarily responsible for directing the Wichita branch of the medical school, but he will work in an ad-hoc role. He will then enrol the KU medical school. Dykes said.
A new responsibility for Reed will be his participation as a member of the staff of the executive vice chancellor of the medical school, where he presently acting executive vice chancellor
Profs belittle low ACT scores
By GREG HACK
Staff Writer
The slow, steady decline in entrance examination scores nationwide and at the University of Kansas is "no earthshaking progress." A professor of counselin, said yesterday.
Work Force to work
He said that declines through the years
Joyce Husdon, Work Force director, said yesterday that between 60 and 70 per cent of graduating seniors and graduate students would use Work Force this year.
A new location and a tight job market are expected to increase student use of Work Force, a universitywide job placement service.
Later this month, Hudson said, Work Force will ask seniors and graduate students for mini-resumes. These resumes will be put into a booklet and distributed to prospective workers in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma.
Official titles at the medical school are being revised to match those on the Lawrence campus, Dykes said, and the change in Reed's title was part of that which the university also recognizes the evolution of the Wichita branch of the medical school, be said.
At the same time, she said, lists of the employees would be made available to them.
In the past, about half the students contacted in resumes, Hutton said, but in 2014, he was surprised.
Work Force is a University-wide placement service working independently
*Seniors are more job-conscious than
younger adults said. They're looking
into every opportunity.*
Kanatzer工作 Force Lacked the finances to find out how many students the service had placed. However, he estimated that 425 students and 225 students were placed last year.
of services run by the University's professional schools, she said.
had been so small that, given accuracies
that were lessening, they were "nothing
gave an excited smile."
Hudson should student use of the placement service should also increase because of the
According to Pete Kanatzer, former Work Force director, 560 soldiers returned mini-commanders.
The average National American College Test (ACT) composite scores have dropped more than a point since the 1980 scale. The composite score for an age-intended scale, have gone from 19.9 to under 18.7.
He said KU's figures weren't completely representative. Only full-time students without irregularities in the identifying information on the test were included in KU's summary of scores. Not all freshmen take the tast.
Michael didn't reveal exact KU figures for the past six years because they weren't based on complete freshman classes. However, he said KU's composite score had dropped the national average despite having dropped 1.5 points during the past six years.
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He said the standard error of measure for the test, which is composed of separate math, English, social science and natural science tests, was one point.
"If two individuals's scores were 1.5 points different, you wouldn't think they were much different," he said. "However that much difference can occur in a large group of people does show a trend."
Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records,
said the recent decline at KU were insulted.
"The changes have been very small." he
The Wichita branch is now beyond its
formative stages and is more stable and
well developed.
said. "I really couldn't say the scores he had changed a little, that the text may have changed a little."
Ron Calgaard, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the scores might be the result of changing high school curriculum to include the four testing areas as heavily as before.
Michal said the test was used at KU for advising rather than for admissions. The test may be more important for counseling than the range of test scores has broadened, he said.
"The test shouldn't be overemphasized in counseling, though," he said, "because there are many things that go into college performance not measured by the test."
Representatives of the math and English departments were reasonably pleased with the role that the test scores played in their advising.
James A. Gowen, director of freshman sophomore English, said yesterday, "As far as we can tell, ACT does a satisfactory job of placing English students."
Russell Bradt, professor of mathematics,
said his department combined ACT math
The branch now has a $2.3 million budget,
and has developed appropriations to
support its operations.
"We've been trying for three years to get the money and expertise to completely evaluate the accuracy of placement by ACT socres," she said. "I think this year we'll finally get the resources we need to see it as good as the advance placement fast."
scores and the level of completed high school math classes to place students.
He said the effectiveness of the system was impossible to estimate, although the results suggest that it may be
It's possible that President Gerald R. Ford will visit the University of Kansas, 22, officials said yesterday, but no special preparations are being made for it.
Ford may visit KU
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said there had been a formal invitation issued to the President, but there had no indication that he planned to come.
"There is a possibility that the President will attend the Midwestern Republican Conference in Chicago on January 25, the day the would be held in the University, since he would be in Kansas."
Ford, an avid football fan, could attend the KU-MU football game that day, Dykes said.
Del Sankel, executive vice chancellor, said, "There is some remote possibility the President will come to the University. We certainly aren't counting on it, but I think it's a big deal."
Shankel said the President was planning to attend the governors' conference and might come to KU if his schedule permitted.
Higher Education Week, Nov. 12-19, comes right before the time of Ford's possible visit. Mary Lou Reece, student body vice president and chairman of the week's program, said she hadn't changed any plans.
Reece said if it was confirmed later that Ford would be here, however, Higher Education Week would be extended to include his visit.