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Wednesday, September 28, 1994
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Studies show college costs rising
The Associated Press
BOSTON — The average tuition at America's four-year colleges rose 6 percent this year, and studies show a growing share of the money is going toward public relations instead of toward teaching.
Although the increase was twice the inflation rate, it was also the smallest since 1989, according to the College Board, an association of 2,800 higher-education institutions.
According to the board, average tuition is now $11,700 at four-year private schools and $2,686 at four-year public schools, bottl 6 percent increases over last year.
The cost of two-year private institutions rose 5 percent; to $6,511, and two-year public colleges, 4 percent, to $1,298.
When room, board, books, supplies and transportation are added in, the
average total cost of a college education comes to $18,784 for resident students at four-year private schools and $8,990 at public schools.
Separate government statistics also show that the proportion of money used by colleges for instruction, libraries and maintenance is shrinking, and the amount spent on public relations, marketing and fund-raising is increasing.
"We're paying more and getting less than we got 10 years ago," said Stephanie Arelonion, president of the U.S. Student Association. "We're learning from videotapes in some instances. It would be nice to see the professor sometime."
ing to the U.S. Education Department.
Also, federal grants and loans have not kept pace with demand, forcing colleges to give their own scholarships. Warren said. School spending on scholarships and fellowships rose 70 percent from 1982 to 1992, accord-
During the same period, the proportion of their budgets that colleges spent on instruction fell from 32.4 percent to 30.7 percent, the department said.
On the other hand, administrative budgets increased 45 percent at private universities and 26 percent at public universities, the Education Department said.
"It raises the question of what educational institutions are here for," said James Perley, a biology professor at the College of Wooster in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors.
But Warren said many of the increased administrative costs are going to counseling and job placement services, which he said college students are demanding.
Alcohol may help heart tick
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Get some exercise, quit smoking, skip the double cheese-burgers—and have a couple of beers every day?
Doctors are debating whether moderate alcohol consumption should be part of the prescription for a healthy heart in light of another study that suggests drinking can reduce the risk of a heart attack by stimulating the production of t-PA, an enzyme which is produced by the body and breaks down blood clots. Blood clots that lodge in the coronary arteries can cause heart attacks.
Each year, 5 million Americans are diagnosed with heart disease.
But even the chief researcher of the latest study, cardiologist Dr. Paul Ridker of Harvard Medical School, is reluctant to recommend that patients drink.
"I certainly don't want to be quoted as saying patients should be drinking alcohol," he said. "What would really be exciting would be to find a way to stimulate t-PA production but without the side effects of alcohol."
However, an editorial accompanying Ridker's study in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that doctors can steer a middle course, working with selected patients to give them the benefit of alcohol's heart-protecting qualities while avoiding the risks
associated with heavy alcohol consumption, including liver disease cancer and drunken driving.
"The key theme is to tailor the message to each individual, in the same way that counseling is given on diet, physical activity, sexual practices and so on." the editorial stated.
One of the editorial's writers, Dr. Thomas A. Pearson, a cardiologist with the Columbia University School of Public Health, said more elaborate studies were needed to confirm Ridker's work, but there was already enough evidence to offer some guidance to doctors.
The study of 631 doctors found a direct link between alcohol consumption and the level of t-PA. The enzyme was at its highest among people who had two or more drinks a day
Theeditorialrecommendscarefully screening out potential problem drinkers, limiting consumption, ruling out alcohol for patients with a variety of diseases that could be worsened and insisting on follow-up visits.
Other doctors say the dangers of drinking are so grave that alcohol should never be used as preventive medicine.
"Alcohol causes such severe societal problems that an endorsement could just skyrocket potential health problems," said Dr. Richard Carroll, a cardiologist at Loyola University Medical Center in suburban Chicago.
Flu shots offered at some drugstores
CHICAGO — Pickling up some aspirin, deodorant or shampoo at a Walgreen drugstore? Now you can add a flu shot to the list.
A new program announced yesterday will make the shots available at almost 2,000 drugstores in 30 states and Puerto Rico.
Doctors recommend preventative influenza shots for people 65 and older, children with asthma and those suffering from chronic disorders.
Nurses will give the shots at each Walgreen drugstore at least one day between Oct. 1 and Oct. 22, Walgreen Co. representatives said. The shots will cost about $10. No appointment or prescription is necessary.
Both Lawrence Walgreen locations plan to participate in the program.
The National Institute on Aging encourages older people and those with certain chronic diseases to get a flu shot in the early fall.
Side effects, such as a low fever or redness at the injection site, sometimes occur. But the dangers of flu and possibly pneumonia are greater than the shot's side effects, it said.
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