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Corporate takeover
With state university funding in higher demand than ever before, some schools are turning to the big bucks of big business
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Public research universities like the University of Kansas used to be state-supported. Then they became state-assisted. Now they merely are state-located. That's the way James Duderstadt, president emeritus of the University of Michigan, explained the world of higher education financing in a recent speech.
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Duderstadt's punch line may be clever, but it is no joke. As the new century approaches, the question is no longer: Should universities seek private deals with corporations? It has become. Just how far will the trend go?
Will private funding go beyond Coke deals and naming ballparks after department stores? Will it go beyond scoreboards and professorships with corporate names? You bet, say those in higher education, and it's time to get used to it.
The traditional funding process
elementary and secondary schools for dollars. The six Board of Regents universities, including the University of Kansas, now receive more than $1.2 billion annually to pay salaries and other operating expenses. That appropriation partially is financed by tuition and fees. The rest comes straight from tax dollars.
The budget does not pay for most new buildings, building expansions or renovations. Those generally require special funding and even the stauchest education supporters admit there is a limit to what the state can do.
"If you increase education spending more, where do you take it from?" asked state Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence, and assistant vice chancellor at the University.
A member of the influential House Appropriations Committee, Ballard, who ran unopposed by any Republican in this fall's elections, has inside experience with the education funding process. She said
not pay competitive faculty salaries or keep up with technology expenses. Some academics even claim that educators are forced to subsidize education out of their own rockets.
But state legislators see plenty of other groups with their hands out for more budget support. Ballard said things like social services and roads were important and had been neglected.
"No group ever asks for a decrease." Ballard said. She said the Legislature was dealing with another strong factor as well — public sentiment against raising taxes. In fact, she said, tax reductions more frequently are discussed in Topeka than increases.
In the last two annual state budgets, the Regents universities received state general fund increases of 6.9 percent and 5.1 percent. The state has also allocated another $46 million to the University for building improvements as part of
Budgeting woes cripple bands; disparity in funding widespread
By Seth Jones
Kansan staff writer
Since the University of Kansas football team went to the Orange Bowl — back in 1969 — the KU Marching Band has replaced its uniforms once.
Robert Foster, director of bands, said that these uniforms are supposed to be used, on average, from 8 to 10 years.
The amount of money KU bands receive is by no means adequate, he said.
Bands in the Big 12 Conference all operate differently. Some budgets are too small, such as the University's, which has old instruments and a limited travel schedule. Other budgets allow their entire bands to travel to every away game, such as Texas A&M.
"The coaches want them there, the alumni want them there and the players want them there. It's something that never got established here," Foster said.
Foster said said that Texas A&M flew to Lawrence in two chartered jets and spent more money on one game than the KU band does in a year.
Devin Burr, drum major for KU's marching band, said that the University's instruments were the worst in the country.
"A specific case would be our
Financial walls
"In my 19 years here, we've always gotten support," he said. "We couldn't ask for more support."
Keith Boarden, band director at Texas Tech, said money was not as much of a problem there.
Bearden's band members don't have to pay for their uniforms. The 303-member marching band has from $150,000 to $200,000 to work with. The entire band usually goes on two road trips, and a smaller band on one road trip.
tuba section," he said. "We have the oldest tubas in the conference. Ours are about 25 years old. The newest in the conference are 10 years old."
The KU Bands have a $107,500 budget that finances more than just the marching band.
"People think there is one band that plays a Memorial Stadium
and one band that plays at Allen Field House." Foster said. "We have 11 different bands that involve over 600 students, involving people from every school at KU. It takes a lot of equipment — a lot of resources — to meet the needs of as valid a cross-section as any group."
"To move 290 people with 6 buses, put them all in hotels, to feed them, it all comes into play," he said. "We get about $80,000 a year. Our trip to Nebraska cost $37,000 alone."
The University of Missouri is experiencing the same difficulties, said Laurence Marks, Missouri's band director.
Even though the amount of money the KU marching bands gets is below standard, there are bright points with the band department, Foster said.
"The reality is that Kansas is a basketball school," he said. "It's hard to give them a predictable amount of money if you don't have a huge enrollment or get in bowl games consistently."
Marks sees inconsistent football teams as part of the problem.
"We're the only school with a full-time professor on every instrument in our band," he said. "We have the best tuba teacher in all America. It's a lot like basketball. When you have such a good coach, you get good players."
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This section contains information about what is happening during the winter break and tips for the upcoming holidays
Check out our summaries, why we interate.
Check out travel suggestions, see why some international students are unable to make it home and trips students plan to take on page six.
Page seven explores why online shopping is making waves as the newest way to purchase gifts and how catalogs help consumers beat the crowds.
See how students are volunteering their time around during the December month and how the KU Med Center is making efforts to make the season joyful for their patients on page three.
Emporia changes policy on prejudice
Bv Sarah Hale
Kansan staff writer
On advice from a lawyer for the Board of Regents, Emporia State University recently deleted sexual orientation from its clauses. Gay and lesbian groups in the area were upset with the decision on the clause that had protected them.
Although the University of Kansas and more than 200 other colleges and universities nationwide include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination clauses, one Regents school has removed it from its policv.
The University of Kansas nondiscrimina-
KU POLICY
The University of K tion clauses have protected gays and lesbians since the late 1970s by, including sexual orientation.
"We believe it's the right thing to do," said Maurice Bryan, director at the Equal Opportunity office. "It remains consistent with other nondiscrimination policies and it protects us from making prejudiced decisions."
The University is committed to providing equal opportunities to all students, and prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, sex, color, disability, national origin, ancestry and sexual orientation.
Bryan said that he was familiar with what had been going on at Emporia and he was upset with the decision.
Emporia and other institutions should have clauses protecting against sexual orientation discrimination. Bryan said.
Other nearby institutions, such as Kansas State University and Washburn University, include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination clauses.
Danielle Dempsey-Swopes, assistant director at the University's Equal Opportunity office, said that reasons for removing the gay and lesbian protection from Emporia State might have varied.
Although she thought the decision was unfortunate, there are no state or federal laws specially protecting gays and lesbians.
She said that this may have played a part when establishing the policy.
The University of Missouri has decided to postpone making a decision on the same issue.
Missouri's Board of Curators is planning on analyzing the issue next month before making the decision to add sexual orientation to the list.
Pushing back the decision upset students and faculty, who have pledged to continue petitioning for a policy change.
"I'm very disappointed," said Michael Mobley, assistant professor of educational and counseling psychology at Missouri-Columbia. "It's a decision in which they can sort of wash their hands of the matter and not respond to the citizens of the state of Missouri and the university community at large.
Two of the system's four campuses - Columbia and St. Louis - reported that there was not discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Mariana Souza, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sophomore, said that she that she was upset other schools haven't followed in the University of Kansas' footsteps.
"Gays and lesbians should not be discriminated against because of their lifestyle," she said. "They have the freedom to choose how to live. We may not agree, but we have to respect them."
Bryan said that decisions and policy changes at other schools would not influence the University's nondiscrimination clauses.
"First of all, we are firmly committed to keeping sexual orientation as part of our nondiscrimination statement," Mobley said. "We have a fiscal responsibility to ensure that decisions in hiring, housing or other areas are made without regard to status that has nothing to do with the necessary qualifications."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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